During the pandemic, much focus has been on infectious diseases that can start and spread quickly. Many of the common and costly healthy problems in Alaska, however, are chronic diseases — those that go on for a long time and often don’t go away completely. Examples of chronic diseases include obesity, heart disease, stroke, cancer, […]
Campaign Takes a Stand Against Big Pharma After Cap Fails at Federal Level (Anchorage) – Friday, Les Gara announced his plan to cap the out-of-pocket cost of insulin for Alaskans at $35 per month. The proposed cap went before Congress last week and failed by three votes, urging Gara to take a strong stand against […]
ANCHORAGE – On Friday, August 5, HB 184, a bill codifying the Alaska Tribal Child Welfare Compact, automatically became State law without the Governor’s signature. The Alaska Tribal Child Welfare Compact began in 2017, under Governor Bill Walker and HSS Commissioner Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson, who signed the landmark State-Tribal Compact with 18 Tribal Co-Signers, representing 161 […]
Reporting data for August 3 – 9, 2022 OVERVIEW – 2,553 new cases | 21 newly reported deaths | 65 hospitalizations | 27.9% of Alaskans boosted WEEKLY UPDATE – DOH updates all COVID-19 dashboards weekly on Wednesdays. For the latest on COVID-19 in Alaska, read the DOH weekly update and DOH data summaries: health.alaska.gov/dph/Epi/id/Pages/COVID-19/communications.aspx Notes: Layering protective measures, including vaccination, […]