“There will be an additional 6 million newly infected persons in the world,” said the United Nations’ top AIDS prevention official recently. “That has started already.” The U.S. program credited with saving an estimated 26 million lives and preventing millions of new HIV infections has not sufficiently provided a direct benefit to the United States, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – – Congressman Nick Begich (AK-AL) and Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) introduced the Youth Suicide Prevention Research Act, bipartisan legislation to enhance federal research into the underlying causes of youth suicide. The legislation amends the Advancing Research to Prevent Suicide Act to expand the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) focus areas, adding critical research into the […]
WHEREAS, fentanyl is a highly addictive synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. It is made legally and used pharmaceutically, but has also become a prevalent substance in counterfeit pills and is frequently added to other substances such as heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine; and WHEREAS, […]
GCI Suicide Prevention program distributes $100,000 to Alaska nonprofits annually ANCHORAGE-Wednesday GCI opened the application for its Suicide Prevention Fund grants, a $100,000 annual program that has distributed approximately $800,000 to 54 of Alaska’s nonprofits since 2016. The grant was established to address the critical challenge of suicide prevention and promote mental health, and to […]