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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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Higher taxes on tobacco and other nicotine products are linked to lower consumption among young people. But Bethel’s city council doesn’t agree on whether to widen the scope of the city’s tax on tobacco to include non-tobacco nicotine products like vapes or nicotine pouches.
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Experts say to be cautious when handling small mammals in the state, but infection is rare and death unlikely.
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For years, YKHC officials said that they’ve heard that people didn’t want to come to Bethel for medical appointments because they didn’t have places to stay. The corporation has opened a new lodge to try and fill that gap.
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Veterans, National Guard members, and their families get more access to military commissary supply lines this fall in Bethel and Nome. The ordering window deadline is Oct. 31 for Bethel and Nov. 15 for Nome.
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The Neqkiuryaraq project aims to build a local food system integrating traditional knowledge, promoting healthy and culturally acceptable foods, and employing community members.
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President Biden has approved a disaster declaration for the spring flooding in parts of Alaska. According to a FEMA press release, federal disaster assistance is available now to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by flooding from May 12 to June 3.
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A team of researchers are surveying both piped and hauled water in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta this summer. The team is testing water quality by asking residents to invite them into their homes.
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It started in early February 2023, when a line leading from the Tuluksak water plant broke, leaving the school and all of the village’s teacher housing without running water. Five months later, the line was repaired and running water was restored.
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The number of Kuskokwim River Tribes challenging the federal permits for the Donlin Gold project in court has doubled from three to six. They say the process was flawed and that Tribal consultation was inadequate. They want the court to order the feds to take a closer look.
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The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC) used a letter to inform current and former patients about a data security breach.