For most of us, tuberculosis is a disease we think of as having been eradicated long ago. But Alaska has led the nation in reported tuberculosis cases for decades, and at double the national rate. On the next Line One co-host Prentiss Pemberton and guests discuss the health risks of tuberculosis and the importance of testing and treatment.
HOST:Â Prentiss Pemberton, LCSW
GUEST:
- Dr. Bruce Chandler, Medical Officer of Disease Prevention and Control with the Anchorage Health Department
- Dr. Michelle Rothoff, Alaska State TB Controller, epidemiologist with the Department of Public Health
- Leigh Boone, RN, BSN, Public Health Nurse for the Municipality of Anchorage
- The Centers for Disease Control has a detailed website about tuberculosis
- TBFacts.org provides information on tuberculosis symptoms and treatment
- The State released a brief history of tuberculosis in Alaska in 2017
- The most recent State report on screening and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection
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LIVE BROADCAST: Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. AKDT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. AKDT
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- Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic offer extensive health information libraries
- MedlinePlus has a guide to finding reliable health information on the internet
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
- Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit and common logical fallacies
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Prentiss Pemberton is a host of Line One: Your Health Connection at Alaska Public Media. Reach him at lineone@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Prentiss here.
