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Alaska's former top doctor resigns from the CDC
Alaska Public Media
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June 6, 2025
Former Alaska Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jay Butler left his position with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month as the agency’s deputy director of infectious diseases. His final day with the organization was May 31. Butler said...
Skagway Municipality ranks 23rd in Alaska for government transfer dependency at 18.4% in 2022
SE Alaska News
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June 9, 2025
In 2022, Skagway Municipality ranked as the 23rd most government transfer-dependent county in Alaska, with 18.4% of total income coming from programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and income maintenance, according to information...
Alaska Army National Guard Conducts Medevac Mission
US Army
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June 5, 2025
JUNEAUA, Alaska – A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter assigned to A Company, 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion, transported a patient from Skagway to Juneau June 3, following a medical evacuation request from the Alaska Rescue Coordination...
Alaska Airlines Adds Fresh Meals to More Flights, and People Are Loving It
Travelbinger
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June 5, 2025
Alaska Airlines is making mealtime at 30,000 feet a lot more appealing. The airline just announced it’s expanding its popular Fresh Meals program to more West Coast routes, giving more travelers access to upgraded inflight dining. According to the...
2025 Cancer Health 25: A Salute to Patient Advocates
Cancer Health
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June 9, 2025
No one should face cancer alone. Obviously, researchers and physicians are necessary to diagnose and treat the illness, and oncology nurses and navigators can guide people through the continuum of care. But that’s just one element of need....
For Immediate Release: Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Team Races to Save Three Harbor Seal Pups Found in Critical Condition Along Alaska’s Coast
KVAK - Alaska
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June 9, 2025
Seward, Alaska (June 4, 2025) – The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) has admitted three more harbor seal pups to the Wildlife Response Program in the past seven days, marking a busy start to the 2025 season. One of the pups was born prematurely, one...
Alaska Hemp Product Limitation Rule Deemed Constitutional by Judge
Cannabis Science & Technology
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June 4, 2025
Alaska is making headlines after a federal judge ruled that the Last Frontier State did not “did not violate the U.S. Constitution when it acted to limit intoxicating hemp products in 2023,” (1,2). The plaintiffs in the case were the Alaska...
Report: Alaska ranks 40th among states for child well-being
Public News Service
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Children's advocates said Alaska has failed to adequately fund essential child and family services, consistently leaving critical programs under-resourced. The state ranked 40th in the nation in the annual Annie E. Casey Foundation report on the...
Letter: A tribute to the sun of Juneau’s music
Juneau Empire - Alaska
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June 8, 2025
First-time bass player Jacquelyn Davis spoke at a recent Saturday night “Homelands” Juneau Symphony concert about the importance of Juneau Alaska Music Matters (JAMM) in her development as a musician. “You don’t know how important music is to me,”...
Meet man who is one of highest-paid CEOs, earns Rs 15600000 a day but lives simple life, not Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, he is...
DNA India
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June 17, 2025
His unusual lifestyle has also been a topic of discussion. He is unmarried, regularly meditates and practises yoga. He also holds keen interest in martial arts such as Tai-Chi. When one talks of global CEOs, the first names that pop up are those...
Alaska Army National Guard conducts MEDEVAC mission from Skagway to Juneau
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 5, 2025
A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter assigned to Alpha Company, 1-168th General Support Aviation Battalion, transported a patient from Skagway to Juneau June 3, following a medical evacuation request from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center. The...
Medical professionals in Arizona challenge abortion restrictions
Public News Service
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Arizona doctors have filed a lawsuit to overturn a set of restrictions which they argue interfere with access to abortion care. Arizona voters last year passed Proposition 139 which enshrined the fundamental right to an abortion, up until fetal...
Opinion: Anchorage needs to keep universal ID checks because public safety is worth a few extra seconds
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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A sign at Onsite Brewing in Midtown Anchorage reminds customers to have their IDs ready on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (ADN) In a city battling some of the highest rates of alcohol-related harm in the nation, Anchorage took a bold step forward last...
Pet Insurance Regulations by State: Only 14 States Offer Additional Protection for Pet Parents | Insurify
Citizen Tribune - Tennessee
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Pets are family to many Americans. Yet few states have specific regulations for pet insurance. Instead, most regulate pet health insurance like property insurance, not health coverage — if they regulate it at all. Pet insurance, which covers pets’...
Reimagining Pain Management: Pharmacists Urged to “Deconstruct the Cupcake”
Pharmacy Times
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June 8, 2025
“Not everybody has hypertension. Not everybody has hyperlipidemia. But everybody has pain,” said Lee A. Kral, PharmD, FASHP, CPE, CPMC, NBC-HWC, in a session at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Pharmacy Futures 2025 meeting...
Alaska exports outweigh imports, report states
The Cordova Times - Alaska
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June 4, 2025
An economic report published in the June edition of Alaska Economic Trends notes that the state has a large trade surplus, exporting far more in goods than were imported in 2024, while the United States overall imported significantly more than...
Boeing airliners chief Stephanie Pope headed to India after 787 crash
GMToday - Wisconsin
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Stephanie Pope, Boeing’s Seattle-based head of commercial airplanes, rushed to get to India after Thursday’s deadly 787 crash in northwestern city of Ahmedabad. In a message to a Boeing customer, Pope said she planned to travel to support Air...
VA official touts progress on EHR modernization project
Nextgov
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June 16, 2025
The Department of Veterans Affairs is making “real progress” in its push to deploy its new electronic health record at 13 VA medical facilities next year, according to a top agency official. VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence said in a Monday...
How is Nick Begich working for Alaska?
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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To the editor: Alaska elected Nick Begich last fall to be our sole member in the U.S. House of Representatives. Since then, I’ve been confused about how he is representing Alaskans. • Boot thousands of Alaskans off of SNAP, formerly known as food...
How healthy is Interior Alaska?
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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Every three years, Foundation Health Partners, in conjunction with our partners at the Fairbanks Regional Public Health Center (FRPHC) and the Interior Community Health Center (ICHC), completes a Community Health Needs Assessment, gathering...