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For decades, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta has seen the nation's highest suicide rates. But since the 1980s, Indigenous leaders have built innovative prevention programs.
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Alaska’s growing Health Information Exchange, together with new state efforts, are working to lower healthcare costs and deliver better care.
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Far from being just cosmetic, plastic surgery is a diverse medical specialty that addresses both physical and emotional healing.
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The Knik Tribe's monitoring program for paralytic shellfish poisoning was paused in April as the federal government investigates its legitimacy for funding.
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Iliuliuk Family and Health Services officials worry that some essential services at Unalaska's primary clinic could be jeopardized if city funding is inadequate.
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The ACLU of Alaska is suing Governor Mike Dunleavy and two DOC employees for the failure, saying it ‘endangers the health, safety, and lives of incarcerated people.’
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In a small town — especially one you can’t drive away from — it can feel like there’s no escaping the conflict.
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Alaska is the first state to pass a law specifically requiring cancer warnings for alcohol sales.
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The Alaska Division of Insurance hopes the tool is a first step in lowering health care costs in the state.
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Katy Arvidson of Eagle River will compete this summer in the national pageant, which aims to reduce prejudice and discrimination against women with disabilities.
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Data from the last five years show that many people who contracted HIV had seen a provider in the year before.
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The PBS program Frontline investigates the impacts of climate change in rural, coastal Alaska communities, where warming is happening faster than elsewhere on Earth.