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- Health Care, Not Assimilation 14 Nov 2009 19:11 GMT
... While the health care reform debate continues throughout the country, America's ... by promoting Native American dependence on Western medicine and by decreasing the influence of traditional ... Berndt, "A Profile of American Indians and Alaska Natives and Their Health Coverage, Race, Ethnicity ...
- Mat-Su students eligible for free H1N1 vaccinations 14 Nov 2009 09:31 GMT
... News staff Friday, November 13, 2009 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Students in the Mat-Su Valley will ... a chance to get an H1N1 swine flu vaccine this weekend, in the first of ... 21 and Dec. 12. The Mat-Su Public Health Clinic will hold mass vaccinations for the ...
- Mat-Su Hospital Bans Child Visitors Due to Flu 14 Nov 2009 00:53 GMT
... 13, 2009 at 2:32 PM AKST ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - To help prevent the spread ... spread of swine flu, the Mat-Su Regional Medical Center says no one under age 12 ... say keeping them away will protect the health of patients, workers and visitors. The policy ...
- Alaska News Nightly: November 13, 2009 14 Nov 2009 05:57 GMT
... Individual news stories are posted in the Alaska News category and you can subscribe to APRN’s ... state-owned assisted living facilities receive the free medicine to which they have a right. Dan ...
- Alaska fisheries briefs 14 Nov 2009 03:51 GMT
... found the healthiest fish populations are in Alaska and New Zealand. Other ecosystems had been ... of the National Institute for Occupational Safety Health, Alaska Pacific regional office. Many fisheries management ...
- CDC: U.S. Smoking Rates Steady, But Smoke-free Laws Effective 14 Nov 2009 09:40 GMT
... to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On the plus ... percent). Among racial groups, American Indians and Alaska Natives had the highest prevalence of adult ... PhD, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society (ACS) and its advocacy affiliate, the ...
- Young representing offshore interests 14 Nov 2009 04:35 GMT
... Representative Don Young does not want improved health care for Alaskans. H.R. 3962, also known ... even hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills to go south for emergency surgery ... Young's voting priorities lay offshore, its time Alaska has a new representative in theU.S. House. ...
- Is Sarah Palin a secret socialist? 14 Nov 2009 03:33 GMT
... for every man, woman and child in Alaska. The money for that wealth redistribution comes ... – and his credibility – behind statist health care legislation. Even so, some commentators thought Palin's ... was based on a quasi-socialist thesis: “that Medicare should indeed provide essentially unlimited coverage for ...
- Can do! Girl helps Ronald McDonald House via can tabs 14 Nov 2009 09:19 GMT
... in Jacksonville for a rare form of cancer when she saw a container where people put ... stores had containers. Participants in Camden County’s drug court received credit for community service for ... collected. Her father said a friend from Alaska mailed 17 pounds of tabs to Woodbine ...
- Investors' claims about Omnicare rebuffed by court 14 Nov 2009 09:34 GMT
... for alleged misleading statements about its financial health in 2005 and 2006. “Dismissed” would not be ... misleading statements about its preparedness for the Medicare Part D prescription drug plan; did not ... Carriers Pension and Welfare Fund and the Alaska Electrical Pension Fund. ...
- ODS Secures Big Win with NCQA 14 Nov 2009 00:11 GMT
... ODS Tower in downtown Portland when the health insurer learned that NCQA awarded its Commercial ... and quality improvement. Dr. Csaba Mera, ODS Medical Director, knows exactly why ODS was in ... well as in Bothell, Wash., and Anchorage, Alaska. For more information, visit ...
- Child-abuse conference protects kids 14 Nov 2009 00:50 GMT
... Friday, November 13th, 2009 What should a health-care worker recommend for a child who needs ... the nonprofit Trial Law and Policy Institute’s Alaska office. She normally gives daylong training sessions, ... behavior. She said sudden reversals usually have medical causes or can be symptoms of abuse. ...
- Obituaries for Mary Jane Porter, Cindy Ann Griffin and Clifford Carroll.');" onmouseout="return hideTextPreview(this);" class="listed">Tributes for Nov. 14 14 Nov 2009 14:36 GMT
... Samaritan Center transporting residents and as a health care companion. In 2007, she proudly received ... 1940-Nov. 9, 2009 Age: 69 Residence: Palmer, Alaska, formerly of Ault Palmer resident Clifford Carroll, ... Palmer resident Clifford Carroll, 69, died of cancer Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at St. Elias ...
- ODS Secures Big Win with NCQA (BIZ) 14 Nov 2009 00:15 GMT
... Dr. Csaba Mera, ODS Medical Director, knows exactly why ODS was in ... is today, a terrific place to buy health insurance." ODS routinely meets a rigorous set ... well as in Bothell, Wash., and Anchorage, Alaska. For more information, visit ...
- Secret Sandia settlement taps taxpayers 14 Nov 2009 01:37 GMT
... 13 Nov 2009, 5:51 PM MST KODIAK, Alaska (KRQE) - Just before dawn more than ... need help out here; we need emergency medical.' "He was just trying to get somebody ...
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