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At least 100 people have used the Bethel Winter House since October.
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Alaska Natives have the world’s highest documented rate of incidents and deaths from colorectal cancer, more than twice that of U.S. whites.
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YKHC expects to have the shots available starting Sept. 13. They're designed to fight against recent COVID-19 variants.
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The vaccine will become available likely by mid-September. The CDC has confirmed only three cases of monkeypox in Alaska so far.
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Sophie, Melissa, and Brianna Engebreth died two weeks ago. Their Russian Orthodox funeral was held Aug. 24 in the Bethel Regional High School gym.
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Vaccine rollout in Bethel begins as children make up the largest number of new COVID-19 infections for the fifth week in a row. Last week, children aged 0 to 9 accounted for more than 20% of the region’s new cases.
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In Bethel, residents are encouraged to call the COVID-19 hotline at 907-543-6949 to schedule an appointment at the hospital. In villages, parents should call 907-543-6420 for information on when vaccines will arrive in their village.
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In a statement, the health corporation said that it has ordered the vaccinations for this age group and expects to begin administering them on July 6, if the doses arrive as scheduled.
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The Y-K Delta is still reporting COVID-19 cases at a rate significantly higher than both the state and national case rate. The regional case rate is two times higher than the nation’s and 1.75 times higher than the state's.
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Out of the 46 communities that give YKHC permission to report their cases, only 16 reported more than one new COVID-19 case over the past seven days. Of those 16 communities, 10 are experiencing widespread community transmission.
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WIC expands ways for rural families in the Y-K Delta to purchase baby formula amid national shortageAccording to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, more than 400 infants in the region receive baby formula through the state public health program WIC.
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The FDA authorized booster shots for five-to-11-year-olds last week. The expansion makes children in this age group eligible for a third Pfizer-BioNTech shot five months after receiving their first two shots.