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    An Epidemiology Bulletin titled “Drowning Deaths in Alaska, 2016-2021” published Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (Screenshot)
    Health officials say Alaska leads nation in drowning...
    By Jacob Dye • June 7, 2023 1:30 am

    A majority of non-occupational Alaska drownings occur in relation to boating, both for recreation and for subsistence

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    Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney speaks during the 100% Alaska Community Town Hall on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at Peninsula Center Mall in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    100% Alaska survey results, state of services discussed...
    By Jacob Dye • June 7, 2023 1:30 am

    Change 4 the Kenai leads conversation about access to mental health, housing, transportation

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    This March 10 photo shows fentanyl pills seized by police. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)
    State health alert issued for fentanyl mixture
    By Jacob Dye • April 27, 2023 1:30 am

    Xylazine is not approved for human use and naloxone will not be able to reverse its effect

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    The Alaska Department of Health And Social Services building is photographed in Juneau in 2021. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
    Health officials say Alaska falling behind on key...
    By Jacob Dye • April 27, 2023 1:30 am

    Screenings for breast and cervical cancer in Alaska have been on a downward trend for several years, Anne Remick, the…

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    A chart shows the number and type of Alaska residents receiving Medicaid coverage based on either 2022 Alaska Medicaid Claims data (yellow) or 2021 U.S. Census data (orange). More than 260,000 residents are currently enrolled, about 30,000 more than 2020, due to a federal provision that kept states from removing people during the COVID-19 pandemic. That provision ended April 1 and Alaska officials are scheduled review eligibility of all residents enrolled during the next 12 months. (Alaska Division of Public Assistance)
    Department of Health to reevaluate every Medicaid beneficiary
    By Jacob Dye • April 27, 2023 1:30 am

    The state has to begin redetermination for everyone receiving benefits by March 31

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    The Kenai Public Health Center is seen on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Alaska lags national average for childhood vaccinations
    By Jacob Dye • April 27, 2023 1:30 am

    All vaccines administered in Alaska are reported to the Alaska Immunization Information System

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    Donna Weeks volunteers at the Central Peninsula Hospital Gift Shop in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Hospital volunteer program struggles to bounce back
    By Jacob Dye • April 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the volunteer program at Central Peninsula Hospital boasted a team of around 250.

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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)
    Only 5 cases of mpox detected in Alaska
    By Jacob Dye • April 6, 2023 1:30 am

    An epidemiology bulletin released by the State Department of Health on Wednesday provides a summary of Alaska’s public health response…

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    The cover of the March 20 State of Alaska Epidemiology Bulletin, “AKVDRS Homicide Victims Update — Alaska, 2011-2020” (Screenshot)
    Department of Health: Homicides increased last decade
    By Jacob Dye • March 20, 2023 1:30 am

    Homicides accounted for 19% of the violent deaths in Alaska from 2011-2020

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    COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
    COVID-19: Cases and hospitalizations fall statewide and in...
    By Jacob Dye • February 28, 2023 1:30 am

    21 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alaska

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    Boxes of period products are stacked, each destined for a specific school. (Photo courtesy Chera Wackler)
    Group fights war on period poverty
    By Jacob Dye • February 10, 2023 1:30 am

    Peninsula Period Network makes free period supplies available in local schools

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    The Kenai Public Health Center is seen on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Report: Alaska makes progress, falls short on 2030...
    By Jacob Dye • February 9, 2023 1:30 am

    Healthy Alaskans 2030 tracks 30 health objectives related to a variety of health factors

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    Anna Lewald, left, a registered nurse at South Peninsula Hospital, gives Dave Aplin, right, an influenza vaccine at a flu and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine clinic Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Health officials urge vax, mitigation ahead of virus...
    By Jacob Dye • November 23, 2022 1:30 am

    Health officials hope to mitigate the strain on hospitals this winter due to COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus

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