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Senior Airman Julia Lebens/Joint Base Elmendorf-RichardsonOn the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have worked with Alaska Native villages to build suicide prevention programs focused on community strengths, rather than just mitigating risks. The approach has shown such promise it’s now being piloted in a totally different group: the U.S. military. -
Brandon Kapelow/KYUKAn innovative program built around Yup’ik culture is helping to lead the way in the national conversations around the issue of suicide prevention. Financial and logistical obstacles have made implementation difficult in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, where suicide rates have remained high.
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For the past few years, Bethel Family Clinic has been struggling to meet local health needs due to limited resources and outdated infrastructure. That may change thanks to a few sources of grant funding. -
Narrowed gaps between provider reimbursements and medical costs and an aging population with more health problems are expected cost drivers, lawmakers are told. -
For 56 communities across the region reliant on federal funds to support critical infrastructure and essential services, cuts at any level could have severe consequences. -
The disease that was once Alaska’s top cause of death continues to circulate among descendants of those who lived during past epidemics in rural areas -
Regional health care provider the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation recommends that everyone in the region vaccinate their pets and learn the signs of rabies in pets and wild animals. -
As of Jan. 23, Moses Owen of Akiak is the interim chairman of the 20-member YKHC board. He replaces former board chairman Walter Jim, of Bethel, who served in that capacity for the past six years. -
Annual reports reflect high rates of some sexually transmitted infections across Western Alaska. YKHC is responding with a contact tracing model when it comes to testing. -
After four days without running water, the town of Russian Mission has repaired its water pump and is no longer in a state of emergency. -
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alaska said that it uncovered a “massive” violation of medical privacy laws by a software company used by the Alaska Department of Corrections. But the software company at the center of the complaint claims that’s “false and misleading,” and that there was no breach of data privacy. -
This week, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation will fly to almost two-dozen villages across the delta to deliver RSV immunizations. It’s part of an effort to combat the region’s staggeringly high rates of respiratory illness among infants and young children.
