...nation-wide range for the same age group, according to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Service's Division of Public Health. In 2010, more that two times as many people committed suicide than were killed by homicide in the U.S...

...suicide rates were nearly double the national average in 2011, according to the Alaska Scorecard compiled by the Division of Public Health. "I'm from Canada and we don't really talk about it in our schools really," Olsen said. "We all thought...

...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...

...helmet."It does provide protection to the head," said Deborah Hull-Jilly, an injury epidemiologist for the Division of Public Health. "It can also help reduce some of the fatigue with the windshield."The review looked at injuries from 2001...

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 people...

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.

The influenza season appears to be arriving a little late, but there?s still time to get that flu shot and ward it off, says the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.

ANCHORAGE (AP) -- Alaska bucked a nationwide trend, posting a big increase in the rate of tuberculosis last year. Health officials say the rise was due largely to two separate outbreaks.