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Category: Health

A northern red-backed vole scampers through a forested area of the Kenai Peninsula. These small mammals, found in almost all parts of Alaska, are known carriers of the virus that causes the disease being renamed borealpox. The borealpox virus -- known up to now as the Alaskapox virus -- appears to be more widespread in the environment than previously understood. (Photo by Colin Canturbury/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
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Alaskapox no more: Newly discovered disease and virus is to be called ‘borealpox’

Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon by Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon March 31, 2024October 14, 2024
In its early years, GoFundMe funded honeymoon trips, graduation gifts, and church missions to overseas hospitals in need. Now it has become a go-to platform for patients trying to escape medical billing nightmares. (Eric Harkleroad /KFF HEALTH NEWS)
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GoFundMe Has Become a Health Care Utility

Elisabeth Rosenthal - KFF Health News by Elisabeth Rosenthal - KFF Health News March 8, 2024September 11, 2024
(Creative commons photo by Jamiee/Flickr)
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There’s a new pill for postpartum depression, but many at-risk women face hurdles

Nada Hassanein -Stateline by Nada Hassanein -Stateline February 20, 2024September 11, 2024
(Photo courtesy Xavier Donat/ Flickr)
Posted inNews, Health

A new RSV shot could help protect babies this winter – if they can get it in time.

Amelia Templeton - Oregon Public Broadcasting by Amelia Templeton - Oregon Public Broadcasting February 17, 2024September 11, 2024
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Alaska must face food stamp litigation after a year of stays, court says

Claire Stremple - Alaska Beacon by Claire Stremple - Alaska Beacon February 8, 2024September 11, 2024
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Homelessness and other stressors linked to Alaska’s continued surge in syphilis at birth

Claire Stremple - Alaska Beacon by Claire Stremple - Alaska Beacon February 8, 2024September 11, 2024
Posted inHealth

Annual report tracks Alaskans’ tobacco-cessation progress — and tallies tobacco’s costs to the state

Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon by Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon January 24, 2024September 11, 2024
A poster on a bulletin board at the University of Alaska Anchorage's School of Allied Health, seen on Nov. 30, 2022, warns about the state's increasing rates of syphilis. State officials now recommend that adults under 45 get routinely tested for syphilis at least once a year, with more testing as needed to prevent passage of the infection from pregnant women to their fetuses. (Photo courtesy Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
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Alaska adults of childbearing age advised to get testing for syphilis

Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon by Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon January 21, 2024September 12, 2024
Students from Assumption High School in Wisconsin Rapids brave this year’s snowy March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, 2024. (Photo courtesy Sofia Resnick/States Newsroom)
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On Roe anniversary, abortion opponents look to White House to fast-track national ban

Sofia Resnick - States Newsroom by Sofia Resnick - States Newsroom January 21, 2024September 11, 2024
Posted inHealth

There are degrees of ‘abuse’

Chilkat Valley News by Chilkat Valley News April 26, 2018January 16, 2024

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