A November 2021 Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that 30% of parents with 12- to 17-year-olds said they will definitely not vaccinate their children.
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Petersburg reports large COVID outbreak at borough’s assisted living facility
The Petersburg borough is reporting a large COVID-19 outbreak among residents and staff at its assisted living facility.
Juneau community mourns missing and murdered Indigenous people: ‘One of our strengths is our voices’
About 30 people gathered on Monday night to share their stories and sing to their missing loved ones.
How Moderna’s HIV vaccine could impact Alaska
KTOO’s Yvonne Krumrey sat down with Robin Lutz, the executive director of Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association, to talk about what the prospect of a vaccine means in Alaska.
The first answer for food insecurity: data sovereignty
A new report shows tribal communities have adapted to meet the needs of their people in ways that state and federal governments can’t.
Senate bill would expand power of up to 30 Alaska tribal courts
Tribes in the pilot program would be able to try and sentence anyone who commits domestic violence, rape or related crimes in their villages, even if the offender is non-Native.
Emmonak leader Martin B. Moore Sr. dies from COVID, remembered as a tireless fighter for Alaska Native people
Born in a village without a school, Moore pushed for better educational opportunities for future generations.
The FDA postpones a highly anticipated meeting on the Pfizer vaccine for young kids
The scheduled meeting would have looked at only the first two shots in the immunization series, not the data for all three shots — an unorthodox move that might have gotten the authorization moving faster.
Ombudsman finds persistent problems at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute
On multiple occasions, the hospital’s CEO Scott York provided inaccurate information to investigators, according to the report.
COVID cases in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are soaring as Alaska’s cases fall
The Y-K Delta’s COVID-19 case rate is currently two times higher than the state’s.