Juneau, AK – The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) announced its Public Safety department has hired Dean Cavanaugh as the Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO) for the community of Kake. The VPSO program is funded through the State of Alaska and was established in the late 1970s. The […]
McMaster researchers have found there is such a thing as too much oxygen for acutely ill adults. Extensive data analyses in a study from the university show that supplemental oxygen, when given liberally to these patients, increases the risk of death without improving other health outcomes. The results were published in The Lancet. “Supplemental oxygen is administered to […]
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine are preparing a first-of-its-kind, multidisciplinary investigation to determine if and how cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound found in the cannabis plant, provides therapeutic benefit to children with severe symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study, scheduled to launch in approximately one year, is funded […]
A Village Public Safety Officer based in Fairbanks was dispatched to Manley Hot Springs at 14 minutes past midnight on Saturday to conduct a welfare check on an individual there AST reported. The 33-year-old male subject had not been seen since noon the previous day according to the Health Aide in Manley. The VPSO arrived at the […]