Public Health

People who have had trouble getting mental health services in the Interior, especially for kids, are invited to a Listening Session tonight with experts putting together a new statewide behavioral health roadmap. Register here: https://survey.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eysNYnzdWGRyVP8

Alaska’s opioid crisis has touched thousands in recent years. State public health officials are asking the public to help plan what comes next. They are hosting a three-hour community café next Tuesday afternoon to hear from people who have been affected by opiate use. A flyer is attached at the bottom of this story.

The state Division of Public Health and other medical partners have been peppering the Fairbanks and North Pole area with free pop-up COVID-19 vaccine…

All appointments filled in an hour for Fairbanks' first mass vaccination clinic at the Carlson Center. The Unified Incident Command is clearing the big…

The very first COVID-19 vaccine doses may arrive in Alaska before the month is out. But there will be very little of it, and logistics to distribute it…

Fort Greely officials are reminding people who work or live on post to contact the Fort Wainwright Public Health office if they’ve been notified by the…

The number of recorede positive COVID-19 cases in Fairbanks has declined.The free COVID-19 testing center is open again today in the parking lot of the…

Homeless shelters around Fairbanks are changing some of the ways they do business to prevent spreading the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. That…

The State of Alaska issued a health advisory last week about Measles in the Pacific Northwest, and a private clinic in Fairbanks reported a localized…