JUNEAU – SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) recently received two grants from the State of Alaska totaling $575,000. The first is a four-year grant from Indian Health Service, Methamphetamine, and Suicide Prevention for $200,000 per year, totaling $800,000. SEARHC will use this funding to promote early intervention strategies and implement positive youth development programming to […]
SITKA – SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital (MEH) welcomed Speech Therapist, Suzan Hess, MS, CCC-SLP and Occupational Therapist, Jamilee Adams, MS, OTR/L as full-time providers. Both speech and occupational therapy are critical for patients with certain medical conditions gain or maintain the ability to perform everyday activities ordinarily taken for granted. Ms. […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Household dust exposes people to a wide range of toxic chemicals from everyday products, according to a study led by researchers at Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) at the George Washington University. The multi-institutional team conducted a first-of-a-kind meta-analysis, compiling data from dust samples collected throughout the United […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After hearing from concerned constituents and reading reports that Alaskans are being charged upwards of $833 for Mylan EpiPens, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) called for an investigation into how and why the pharmaceutical company justifies EpiPen price increases. Murkowski asked Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-VT) of […]