Word of the Week Lesson Kugyasiq; Kugu’asiq : Seine Net PaRaguutat kugyasinek aturtaartut. : The boats use seine nets. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken) A seine is a weighted fishing net, designed to hang vertically in the water. Seines are among the fishing gear Alutiiqs have used to capture salmon for millennia. Historic […]
With student loan rates scheduled to double on July 1 of this year, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich used this week's Begich Minute to highlight the need for fairness in student loan borrowing practices.
PHILADELPHIA — Frequent heartburn was positively associated with cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nonsmokers and nondrinkers, and the use of antacids, but not prescription medications, had a protective effect, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Section of Epidemiology is investigating another outbreak of Campylobacter infection associated with the consumption of raw milk. This new outbreak is associated with raw milk distributed by the same Kenai Peninsula cow-share program that was linked to a Campylobacter outbreak sickened at least 31 people in February 2013.