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API Resumes Admissions; Patient with COVID-19 Isolated

By Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Oct 29, 2020   Featured, Health, State  

API Resumes Admissions; Patient with COVID-19 Isolated

  The Alaska Psychiatric Institute is working closely with the Alaska Division of Public Health on COVID-19 cases. Upon further investigation, two of the four patients identified on Oct. 23 as positive were determined to be previously known cases of COVID-19 and are not active cases. The third patient was incorrectly identified as a positive case. As of […]

Staff member at Alaska Psychiatric Institute tests positive for COVID-19

By Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Jul 17, 2020   Featured, Health, State  

Staff member at Alaska Psychiatric Institute tests positive for COVID-19

  July 16, 2020 ANCHORAGE – The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) has confirmed the first positive COVID-19 case in an employee at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API). Leadership at API was informed of the positive case yesterday afternoon and immediately began notifying staff and contractors that do business at the facility […]

When permafrost kills? A moose story

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jun 13, 2020   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

When permafrost kills? A moose story

  High summer is here in middle Alaska. North of Fairbanks, in bright sunshine, alder flycatchers are perched in spruce tops, just arriving from Bolivia and Peru. A few steps away, accompanied by the smell of sulfur, dozens of carrion flies buzz on and above a moose carcass. Permafrost expert Tom Douglas has led me […]

Venus Study is Finalist in NASA’s Discovery Program

By Fritz Freudenberger | UAF on Mar 1, 2020   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Venus Study is Finalist in NASA’s Discovery Program

  Venus was once Earth-like and maybe even habitable. Why is it so different from Earth now? This week NASA announced its selection of four finalists in its Discovery Program competition, and one of the selected groups hopes to help find an answer. UAF Geophysical Institute research professor Robert Herrick is a member of the science team for […]

Noel Rea Selected to Manage Alaska Psychiatric Institute as Interim Chief Executive Officer

By Clinton Bennett | Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Jan 14, 2020   Health, State  

Noel Rea Selected to Manage Alaska Psychiatric Institute as Interim Chief Executive Officer

  ANCHORAGE – Noel Rea has been chosen by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) to serve as the new interim chief executive officer (CEO) for the Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API). John Lee, who had been serving as acting CEO, will return to his role as director of the Senior and Disabilities […]

New Bill would Require Alaska Psychiatric Institute to Provide at least 55 Beds

By Austin Baird | Akleg on Dec 8, 2019   Featured, Health, State  

New Bill would Require Alaska Psychiatric Institute to Provide at least 55 Beds

Rep. Fields: ‘This bill provides relief for our hospitals, communities, and public safety forces’ ANCHORAGE – Friday, Rep. Zack Fields (D-Anchorage) introduced a bill that would require the State of Alaska to maintain a staff at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute capable of providing in-patient services for at least 55 people at a time. Alaska is […]

House Members Demand Open, Competitive Process to Determine the Future of API

By Austin Baird | Akleg on Apr 7, 2019   Featured, Health, State  

House Members Demand Open, Competitive Process to Determine the Future of API

  JUNEAU – The Department of Health and Social Services recently entered into a contract with Wellpath, an out-of-state company that has a troubling track record of health and safety issues, to take over operation and management of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute. The State made the unusual decision of awarding Wellpath a sizable contract without […]

Lawmakers Comment on Management Changes at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute

By Michael Mason | AKLeg on Feb 10, 2019   Featured, Health, State  

Lawmakers Comment on Management Changes at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute

  Additional Support for Alaska’s Only Psychiatric Hospital Will Improve Safety and Health Outcomes Juneau – Friday, the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Adam Crum, announced that he was taking over the day to day management of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API) in Anchorage, which is Alaska’s only psychiatric hospital. […]

Stern of World War II U.S. Destroyer Discovered off Remote Alaskan Island by NOAA-Supported Scientists

By NOAA on Aug 16, 2018   At Sea, Featured, National, National/World  

Stern of World War II U.S. Destroyer Discovered off Remote Alaskan Island by NOAA-Supported Scientists

For almost 75 years, the stern of the destroyer USS Abner Read lay somewhere below the dark surface of the Bering Sea off the Aleutian island of Kiska, where it sank after being torn off by an explosion while conducting an anti-submarine patrol. Seventy-one U.S. Navy Sailors were lost in the aftermath of the blast, […]

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