Reports show Bethel high schoolers failed 59% of their first semester classes. In 36% to 52% of kindergarten through eighth-grade classes, students didn’t even turn in enough work to receive a grade.
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The Trump administration joined with tribes to get vaccines to rural and Indigenous Alaskans. Here’s how.
So far, the federal government has distributed more than 35,000 doses to Alaska tribes — on top of the 78,000 doses it’s delivered to Alaska’s state government. And more than 250,000 doses have been dedicated to tribes nationwide through the Indian Health Service.
Y-K Delta ahead of schedule on COVID-19 vaccination
While many areas of the nation have fallen behind schedule in their COVID-19 vaccinations, the opposite is happening in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
COVID-19 outbreak at Bethel jail winding down after infecting nearly all inmates
On Dec. 21, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation Chief of Staff Dr. Ellen Hodges said that over 80% of the correctional center’s inmates had tested positive for COVID-19.
Project Togo: How one rural Alaska region will distribute its first COVID-19 vaccine
Health officials said the first batch should arrive in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in a matter of days. When that occurs, the region’s health corporation will immediately begin distributing the vaccine throughout the area.
Across Alaska, as the pandemic sends more staff home, hospitals prepare for the worst
More and more workers are out sick or quarantining. At the same time, more patients with coronavirus are filling hospital beds.
Why is there a sudden burst of COVID-19 cases in Chevak?
In the past week, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation has announced over 180 new cases of COVID-19 in Chevak.
How Dr. Anne Zink and 5 other Alaska health experts manage COVID-19 risks in their daily lives
Inspired by The Washington Post, reporters Tegan Hanlon and Nat Herz recruited a panel of six local health experts to answer those questions, and to explain how they manage COVID-19 risks in their everyday lives.