The most common cancers among Alaska Native people are breast, colorectal and lung cancer.
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Alaska executives, employers wrestle with whether to mandate, incentivize or encourage COVID-19 shots
Across Alaska, where employers are grappling with the balance between ensuring safe workplaces and workers’ rights to make their own medical decisions.
Alaska providers pause use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine while feds investigate rare risk of blood clots
While the state of Alaska hasn’t weighed in yet on what an extended delay or potential loss of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine would do to its plans, some providers say it isn’t much of a burden.
NTSB: Witness says tribal health executive was distracted before his helicopter disappeared over Gulf of Alaska
A witness who spoke with Andy Teuber before his helicopter went missing told investigators the executive was “distracted, and was not himself,” according to a preliminary report.
Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson to head Alaska Native health consortium
Former Lt. Gov. Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson will take over as interim president of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, after its previous president resigned last month.
Two men missing after Chevak fire
A third of the community is without water and sewer following the fire.
Power restored in Selawik weeks after outage, but ‘detrimental’ impacts to water system remains
As local, regional and state officials worked to solve the issue, the community of roughly 800 people was without running water and had to conserve power, relying on back-up generators while power was slowly restored.
ANTHC boss resigned after employee accused him of ‘unrelenting’ abuse
For more than a decade, Teuber was the president of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and one of the most powerful executives in Alaska.
Coast Guard ends search for missing former Alaska health executive’s helicopter
In a prepared statement, the Coast Guard said the debris it spotted Tuesday was “consistent with” debris from Teuber’s helicopter, though it did not confirm that that was the case.
Alaska’s top tribal health executive has resigned
Andy Teuber has been ANTHC’s president since 2008, and he also serves as chief executive of Kodiak’s tribal health care provider, the Kodiak Area Native Association. Teuber sits on the University of Alaska Board of Regents, as well.