Today statues stand tall in New York City’s Central Park and Nome, Alaska commemorating the 1925 Serum Run to Nome in which Balto the sled dog led his team and relayed diphtheria antitoxin over 600 miles across Alaska, saving the small city of Nome from an incipient epidemic. This week on Line One, revisit health issues in Nome with Dr. Bob Lawrence of the Norton Sound Regional Health Center and host, Dr. Thad Woodard.
- MedlinePlus: Native-American Health
- CDC: National Center for Health Statistics – Alaska Native Population
- Riskometer.org
HOST: Dr. Thad Woodard
GUESTS:
- Dr. Bob Lawrence, Norton Sound Regional Health Center
LIVE BROADCAST: Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 2:00 p.m.
REPEAT BROADCAST: Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
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