Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
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The disease detectives who protect us
By Christian Hartley Now You Know If you have ever heard someone called a “disease detective,” they were talking about
Public health nurse: Quiet guardians of community health
By Christian Hartley Now You Know Most people know what a nurse does in a hospital or doctor's
Annual Alaska disease report shows dip in sexually transmitted infections
By Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon Cases of sexually transmitted infections declined in Alaska from 2023 to 2024, though as in
Alaska records spike in rates of rare but severe complications from gonorrhea
By Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon Alaska has long had the distinction of having the nation’s highest or nearly highest
Alaska Public Health Alert: Measles confirmed in Southern Kenai Peninsula
Frontiersman.com A measles case was confirmed in a resident of the Southern Kenai Peninsula this week. This person is
Alaska’s gonorrhea rate is the nation’s highest and chlamydia rate is third highest
By Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon Alaska had the nation’s highest rate of gonorrhea last year and the third-highest
Sexually transmitted infections top Alaska’s annual disease list, reflecting high rates
By Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon Alaska’s most commonly reported infectious diseases, aside from respiratory illnesses such as influenza, are
Alaska’s flu season continues to worsen, epidemiology reports show
By James Brooks Alaska Beacon Alaska’s flu season is worsening with no signs of leveling off, the latest surveillance
Myths and facts about immunizations
Vaccine skepticism has existed for as long as vaccines have been available. However, many people might not have realized the
Alaska tribal group offers free sexually transmitted disease tests
Associated Press BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska Native health entity is providing free, at-home test kits to detect sexually
COVID-19 infections continue to fall, but Alaskans now await the arrival of Omicron variant
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman The number of new COVID-19 infections continues to drop in Alaska, a trend
November is National Diabetes Month
By Dr. Samuel Abbate The rise in the number of cases of diabetes in recent years has been described as