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    Articles by Camille Botello
    A State of Alaska epidemiology bulletin can be found at https://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/Epi/pages/default.aspx.
    State updates STI protocol after reported drop
    By Camille Botello • January 19, 2022 1:30 am

    The state has been experiencing an outbreak since 2017

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    Image via Alaska Board of Fisheries
    Statewide shellfish meeting rescheduled
    By Camille Botello • January 19, 2022 1:30 am

    This comes after the board bumped back its Southeast and Yakutat shellfish meeting

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    Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy addresses members of the press on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, in Juneau, Alaska. (Screenshot)
    Dunleavy talks upcoming session, lambasts media
    By Camille Botello • January 19, 2022 1:30 am

    In a press conference Monday, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy discussed his goals for the upcoming legislative session and took aim…

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    COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
    COVID hospitalizations increasing as cases rise
    By Camille Botello • January 12, 2022 1:30 am

    As of Monday, there were 85 COVID-related hospitalizations in Alaska

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    COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
    Health officials: Some monoclonal treatments widely ineffective against...
    By Camille Botello • January 12, 2022 1:30 am

    The new guidance comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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    Locals appointed to state bycatch task force
    By Camille Botello • January 12, 2022 1:30 am

    The mission of the task force will be to better understand the unintended bycatch of fish caught in both state and federal waters.

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    At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020, signs in the windows of the Long Term Care wing at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska, say “All is well.” (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Hospital long-term care resident, six staff test positive...
    By Camille Botello • January 10, 2022 1:30 am

    The resident who tested positive Friday is the first resident to test positive since the pandemic began.

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    Certified nursing assistant KaDaisjah Roberts, left, and nurse Debbie Aubin, right, work at the “Y” vaccine clinic in Soldotna on Dec. 22, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘An enormous help’
    By Camille Botello • December 29, 2021 1:30 am

    Alaska’s temporary health care workers head home after COVID surge

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    A beach on the eastern side of Cook Inlet is photographed at Clam Gulch, Alaska, in June 2019. (Photo Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
    High clam mortality rate forces closure on east...
    By Camille Botello • December 29, 2021 1:30 am

    The closure prohibits harvesting any clam species from the mouth of the Kenai River to the southernmost tip of the Homer Spit.

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    Skating on Jean Lake on Nov. 21, 2021. (Photo courtesy Sabine Poux on Ashlyn O’Hara’s camera)
    Out of the Office: Solace in skating
    By Camille Botello • December 29, 2021 1:30 am

    I’m used to the cold, but Alaska’s darkness has proved difficult to get used to.

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    Soldotna’s Hunter Richardson competes in the Division I state wrestling championship at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    6 Peninsula wrestlers claim state titles
    By Camille Botello • December 22, 2021 2:30 am

    Soldotna High School junior Trinity Donovan took home her third straight wrestling title at the state girls tournament at the…

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    Central Peninsula Hospital is seen in Soldotna on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    Hospital full as omicron threat looms
    By Camille Botello • December 22, 2021 1:30 am

    The facility was operating at 106% Monday, even without a lot of COVID hospitalizations.

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    (Black Press File)
    Alternatives sought for tobacco-related school suspensions
    By Camille Botello • December 15, 2021 1:30 am

    Tobacco policy violations accounted for more than 1,800 days lost from school in Alaska in the 2018-2019 school year.

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