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Local Doctors Recognized For COVID-19 Work

Dr. Liz Bates prepares for COVID-19 testing at the YKHC testing tent on March 25, 2020. She and Dr. Ellen Hodges were recognized by Sen. Dan Sullivan for leading vaccination efforts in the Y-K Delta.
Katie Basile
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KYUK

Two doctors at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation were named “Alaskan of the Week” by U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan. 

Dr. Ellen Hodges and Dr. Elizabeth Bates were recognized for leading the effort to vaccinate people in the Y-K Delta region against COVID-19. The region leads the nation in getting the highest percentage of residents vaccinated.

Johanna Eurich's vivid broadcast productions have been widely heard on National Public Radio since 1978. She spent her childhood speaking Thai, then learned English as a teenager and was educated at a dance academy, boarding schools and with leading intellectuals at her grandparents' dinner table in Philadelphia.
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