Alaska Receives Additional Suicide Prevention Funding
ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s Division of Behavioral Health recently received a $1.44 million grant to strengthen the state’s youth suicide prevention program.
Application Period Opens for Health Care Practitioner Student Loan Repayment Assistance
ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s student loan repayment program, SHARP (Supporting Health care Access through loan Re-Payment) is currently accepting applications from health practitioners seeking student loan reimbursement. Applications must be received by Oct. 26, 2012.
State to Test Nome Miners for Mercury Exposure
ANCHORAGE — A team of health officials from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Section of Epidemiology will be in Nome Aug. 29 through Sept. 1, 2012, to conduct voluntary screening of gold miners for mercury exposure.
Percentage of Overweight, Obese Students Decreases in Anchorage
After holding steady for several years, percentage takes small, but significant, dip