Guardsmen Take Rescue Drug, Prevention Efforts to Rural Alaska

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Guardsmen Take Rescue Drug, Prevention Efforts to Rural Alaska

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —Alaska National Guardsmen from the Counterdrug Support Program traveled to Galena, Alaska, May 31, to disseminate Narcan kits and other drug and alcohol education and prevention materials to local residents. The AKNG CDSP partnered with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Division of Public Health under Project Hope to […]

Ancient Babies Boost Bering Land Bridge Layover

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Ancient Babies Boost Bering Land Bridge Layover

University of Utah scientists deciphered maternal genetic material from two babies buried together at an Alaskan campsite 11,500 years ago. They found the infants had different mothers and were the northernmost known kin to two lineages of Native Americans found farther south throughout North and South America. By showing that both genetic lineages lived so […]