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There are more options than ever for treating alcohol use disorder in Alaska, including several medications that can make it easier for some people to reduce or stop drinking.
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The Indigenous birthworkers will attend medical appointments with mothers, advocate for them and help connect them to traditional practices.
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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.
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"Getting vaccinated while you're pregnant or breastfeeding really offers good protection to those babies and prevents those respiratory infections that we know are so critical to avoid in that first year of life," said Dr. Ellen Hodges.
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There aren’t enough public health care workers in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Organizations large and small are struggling to hire providers.
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The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation is dispatching health teams to multiple villages in the Y-K Delta this month to test school-age kids for tuberculosis. Case counts are trending above average this year.
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On April 22, YKHC reported that Alakanuk, Bethel, Emmonak, Grayling, Kwigillingok, Nightmute, Nunapitchuk, Toksook Bay, and Tuntutuliak are experiencing widespread community transmission.
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Anne Anttila Komulainen has worked as a Physician Assistant at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation for nearly 15 years. During her tenure, she’s served as the primary care provider for the communities of Kipnuk, Marshall, and Napakiak.
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For the past two weeks, Covid cases across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have risen slightly. The epicenter of transmission is in Bethel, where cases have nearly doubled over the past week.