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New supportive housing opens for elders experiencing homelessness in Anchorage
The supportive housing complex is a collaboration between Providence Alaska, Southcentral Foundation and other community partners.
Governor vetoes bill requiring insurance to provide a year of birth control
Supporters of the bill said it would increase access to birth control, especially for rural Alaskans, and reduce reliance on abortions.
Climate change makes farming easier in Alaska. Indigenous growers hope to lead the way.
A new training program aims to help Alaska Native communities grow more of their own food.
How a California county got PFAS out of its drinking water
Water utilities across the country will have to comply with EPA limits on "forever chemicals" in drinking water by 2029. Orange County got a head start.
Joe Wanner will be Bartlett Regional Hospital’s new CEO
Wanner's appointment as CEO is the latest in a string of leadership turnover at Juneau's city-owned hospital.
Dispelling myths around electroconvulsive therapy | Line One
Electroconvulsive Therapy, or ECT, is often portrayed in pop culture as a cruel or abusive treatment. However modern day ECT is far from the stereotypes.
Alaska is facing its highest rates of whooping cough in more than a decade
Rates of whooping cough have reached epidemic levels in Alaska, according to the state epidemiologist.
Vaccines for whooping cough and other diseases | Talk of Alaska
Alaska’s top medical experts join us to describe the latest science about viral disease, how to prevent it and answer your questions on this Talk of Alaska.
Alaska schools to be stocked with anti-overdose kits under new law
Hundreds of overdose-reversal kits are headed to schools as part of a strategy to combat Alaska’s high rate of opioid deaths.
Alaska judge strikes down requirement that only licensed physicians provide abortions
A judge agreed with Planned Parenthood that barring clinicians from providing services violates the state's constitution.
Anchorage School District student tests positive for whooping cough
One confirmed case and two suspected cases of the infection were reported to the district this week.
Microplastics in the Arctic | Line One
Why are microplastics so prevalent in the Arctic, and what is known about how they affect human health and development?
Here’s where money from Alaska’s opioid settlement is going
About $8.5 million will go to 18 organizations in the state helping with prevention and addiction treatment for the state’s deadly opioid crisis.
Arctic residents face high risk from toxic effects of plastics, report finds
The report is based on over 250 peer-reviewed studies and shows the Arctic environment and people are disproportionately impacted by microplastics, plastic chemicals, and contaminated sea life.
New research uses 130 years of historic flood observations to help identify future risks
Researchers compiled and analyzed a database of hundreds of written accounts and observations going back to the late 1880s.
Alleged victims of former volunteer at Juneau’s Echo Ranch Bible Camp are suing
The people who say they were victims of Bradley Earl Reger are trying to hold the institutions where the abuse took place accountable.
Line One: The intersection of pharmacy and herbal medicine
What role does herbal medicine play in a pharmacist’s practice and how do these two approaches coexist? We explore those questions on this Line One.
As climate change alters berry production in Alaska, communities find ways to adapt
Researchers at UAF have been collecting berry data over the past two decades and communities are using that to help guide interventions.
Whooping cough is surging in Southeast Alaska
The region has had 14 reported cases of the highly contagious respiratory illness since July.
There’s a severe kidney shortage. Should donors be compensated?
More than 90,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for a kidney transplant.
FDA approves two updated COVID vaccines
The Food and Drug Administration gave the green light to two updated COVID-19 vaccines to protect against recent variants of the coronavirus.
Psychedelic medicine in Alaska | Line One
A conference in Anchorage, seeks to explore many questions around psychedelics. We talk with keynote speakers for the conference on this Line One.
Coastal Yukon River faces flood advisory as lower Kuskokwim catalogs flood impacts
Meteorologists say Tropical Storm Ampil could back up the Yukon River, causing erosion and structural damage like that on the Kuskokwim.
CEOs earn big bucks at nonprofit hospitals. But does that benefit patients?
Some researchers wonder if CEOs' ballooning paychecks align with what’s best for patients and taxpayers.
BYU scientists visit Alaska to study Alzheimer’s in Pacific Islander and Indigenous elders
Researchers said the populations they’re studying have been almost entirely left out of current Alzheimer’s research and will deepen knowledge of the disease.
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