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...slightly to 39th. Despite this slow but steady trend in the right direction, a recent study performed by the Alaska Division of Public Health indicated that more Alaska mothers have been choosing to delay or decline vaccines for their children. This...
School programs and the availability of reproductive health services keep the Kenai Peninsula's teen birth rate consistent with Alaska's largest city, health officials said. However, according to Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics data, the Peninsula has a higher teen birth rate than the national average despite three straight years of national decline. The consequences of teen pregnancy, such as higher likelihood of welfare use and child neglect, can have a negative effect on mother and child.
...said the prison-wide tests "follow protocol." Dr. Beth Funk, the TB control officer for with the Alaska Division of Public Health, said once a positive case of TB is identified, the next step is testing people who have been exposed to...
Yet another environmental scare has proven to be unjustified alarmism. The Alaska Division of Public Health has issued a report reassuring people living near the Red Dog zinc mine that berries and greens from the area are perfectly safe...
The Kenai Peninsula Borough recently announced its participation in a discount prescription drug program offered through the National Association of Counties, or NACo, of which the borough is a member.
ANCHORAGE (AP) -- State epidemiologists say a rabies epizootic -- an epidemic among animals -- is under way in northern Alaska.
...women's hair for dangerous levels of the harmful contaminant methylmercury, sometimes found in fish. The Alaska Division of Public Health began the monitoring program this month across the state. Mark Rizzo, a family physician in Kodiak, said...
FAIRBANKS (AP) -- Alaska Natives are infected with HIV and AIDS at a higher rate than caucasion Alaskans -- and state health officials aren't sure why.
...Award. ''We were the only WIC program to get the award,'' said Karen Pearson, deputy director of the Alaska Division of Public Health, which administers the program. Alaska has 27 WIC hubs that serve 12 villages accessible only by water...