Dr. Anne Zink recommends over-the-counter COVID tests if someone in your holiday gathering is immunocompromised, or if there will be a large group of people in attendance.
Claire Stremple
Alaska News Reporter, KTOO
I believe every Alaskan has a right to timely information about their health and health systems, and their natural environment and its management. My goal is to report thoughtful stories that inform, inspire and quench the curiosity of listeners across the state.
State proposes an official end to TB screening in schools
The state considered axing the program as early as 2016, during the Walker administration.
Juneau’s solution to the national health worker shortage? Hire locals and pay to train them.
Alaska usually has some of the most stringent requirements in the country for aspiring CNAs, but it has cut requirements in half during the public health emergency.
Newscast – Monday, Nov. 22, 2021
In this newscast: Juneau care facilities are paying to train and certify nursing assistants; The Dunleavy administration is setting up a task force to address bycatch.
A man in his 20s is Juneau’s 17th coronavirus death
State health officials reported that a Juneau man in his 20s died last week in Anchorage after a medevac.
Alaska’s COVID-19 rates dropped but remain some of the highest in the country
Over the course of the pandemic, nearly one in five Alaskans has been infected with the virus and more than 800 Alaskans have died.
Climate change is making Glacier Bay unstable. Scientists are mapping the risks to visitors.
Geologists say the conditions that can lead to landslide-generated tsunamis are only getting more pronounced in Alaska.
Newscast – Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021
In this news update:
The name of a man fatally shot at a Fairbanks Safeway store has been released;
Haines residents welcomed the first Canadian visitor since March 2020 when the U.S. border re-opened on Monday;
Juneau’s dumpling restaurant expanded to Anchorage;
Investigators have begun collecting evidence at the site of a fatal airplane crash in Kodiak.
Newscast – Monday, Nov. 8, 2021
In this newscast:
Juneau police and family of a missing Juneau man say his body has been found;
State and federal wildlife authorities propose a 31-day harvest for wolves that conservationists would prefer to protect;
Chuck Bundrant, one of the founders of America’s largest seafood company, Trident, died last month at 79.
Top-level staff turnover continues at Bartlett Regional Hospital’s behavioral health department
In September, the hospital’s CEO and Chief Behavioral Health Officer resigned abruptly. An interim CEO is in place while the board searches for a permanent one.