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    Dr. Lars Matkin sits with a happy patient post-surgery in January at South Peninsula Hospital. The surgery marks the first time in recent years that a hip replacement was done locally. (Photo courtesy of South Peninsula Hospital)
    Total hip replacement surgery now offered at South...
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • March 6, 2025 1:30 am

    South Peninsula Hospital now offers total hip replacement surgeries locally through South Peninsula Orthopedics.

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    Illustration via City of Seward.
    Seward council backs pursuit of funds by clinic...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 29, 2023 2:30 am

    Members of the Seward City Council on Monday backed the Seward Community Health Center’s efforts to build a new community…

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    Community health needs assessment now available for public review
    Community health needs assessment now available for public...
    By Emilie Springer • September 13, 2023 1:30 am

    The results for the southern Kenai Peninsula 2023 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) are now available for public review. The…

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    Family-friendly health fair Saturday
    Family-friendly health fair Saturday
    By Emilie Springer • May 4, 2023 1:30 am

    Annual Safe and Healthy Kids fair offers events, activities and fun for kids of all ages

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    Justin Ruffridge (Courtesy photo)
    Ruffridge bill would exempt veterinarians from opioid reporting...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2023 2:30 am

    The bill cleared the Alaska Senate last session

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    Health leaders monitoring surge in respiratory viruses
    Health leaders monitoring surge in respiratory viruses
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 14, 2022 2:30 am

    Local and state health care leaders are monitoring a group of respiratory viruses on the rise nationwide and in Alaska.

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    As measured by the CDC, dispensing rate reflects the number of prescriptions dispensed per 100 persons per year. While the United States’ dispensing rate peaked at 81.3 in 2012, the Kenai Peninsula’s rate was 100 or higher every year between 2001 and 2015. Graphic by Ashlyn O’Hara.
    Borough creates grant program to distribute opioid settlement...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 17, 2022 2:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough will offer hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants for opioid remediation using funds it expects…

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    Jonathan Parducho, a pharmacist, removes a tray of vials of of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeypox from a box containing 20 doses, in the vaccine hub at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital on Friday, July 29, 2022, in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
    Alaska reports 1st case of monkeypox
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 3, 2022 2:30 am

    Monkeypox can spread through close, personal and, often, skin-to-skin contact

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    Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire
A Juneau resident receives a flu shot while getting a booster shot for the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at Centennial Hall on Oct. 2, 2021. More than 1,300 Juneau residents received booster shots at the clinic, and about half of those people also received a flu shot.
    Experts urge flu shots ASAP
    By Dana Zigmund • October 20, 2021 2:30 am

    Jabs keep infections down and free up health care resources

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    ‘Dangerous and outrageous’: Bill introduced in Alaska House would treat abortion the same as murder
    ‘Dangerous and outrageous’: Bill introduced in Alaska House...
    By Alex McCarthy • May 22, 2019 12:20 pm

    It’s familiar territory for David Eastman.

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    Surgeon general tours Dena’ina Wellness Center as part of statewide tour
    Surgeon general tours Dena’ina Wellness Center as part...
    By Erin Thompson • August 15, 2018 10:45 pm

    The federal official tasked with providing health advice to the nation last week lauded the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s holistic approach…

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