Press Releases — 2010
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December
- 12/28 Deadline nears to sign up for Medicare prescription plans
- 12/28 HHS awards $4.4 million to Alaska as 'performance bonus'
- 12/23 Anchorage Pioneer Home reports death of resident
- 12/22 Health survey seeks opinions on child vaccination
- 12/10 Alaska's impaired driving rates improve; still a problem
- 12/8 New director named to lead Division of Senior & Disabilities Services
November
- 11/16 Anchorage Pioneer Home hires new administrator
- 11/15 Medicare drug plan enrollment opens today; many changes in 2011
- 11/12 Governors Emergency Medical Service Awards announced
- 11/8 Taking precautions with winter activities
October
September
- 9/24 Tainted baby formula found in Alaska
- 9/22 State releases study of fatal airplane crashes in Alaska
- 9/21 2010–2011 flu vaccine being distributed statewide
- 9/17 Totem Square safety upgrades to begin in coming weeks
- 9/16 Feds award $719,213 to Alaska for adoptions
August
- 8/30 Study connects Fairbanks hospitalization rates to air quality
- 8/30 Fact Sheet: Air quality and hospital visits — Fairbanks study
- 8/20 Statewide Suicide Prevention Council meets in Kotzebue Aug. 23-25
- 8/19 Salmonella cases confirmed in Alaska
- 8/16 Sulfolane levels low or undetected in tested North Pole garden plants
July
- 7/27 Teens use 11 grants across state to reduce and prevent violence
- 7/15 Fruit and vegetables to be tested for presence of solvent
- 7/13 HHS Secretary Sebelius names Alaskan to national committee studying rural and underserved health care shortage
- 7/12 Health care practitioners may apply to state for student loan repayment assistance
June
- 6/29 State awards loan repayment grants to build health care workforce
- 6/21 Additional PSP reported in Haines
- 6/3 National 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) results released
- 6/3 High School YRBS: Alaska 2009 and United States 2009 Results
May
- 5/26 State temporarily closes Clitheroe detox program
- 5/3 Alaska reports nation's highest rate of seasonal flu vaccination among seniors
April
- 4/16 State, partners work to boost awareness, prevention of brain injury
- 4/1 State Web site, public service announcements launched for Autism Awareness Month
March
- 3/31 Federal grant expands access to mental health care for Alaskans
- 3/22 Teens invited to join Youth Alliance for a Healthier Alaska
- 3/19 Additional information on employee charged with theft and embezzlement
- 3/19 Statement on Employee Charged with Theft and Embezzlement
- 3/18 Wolves killed near Village of Chignik Lake did not have rabies
- 3/9 Alaska sees spike in gonorrhea
- 3/1 State stresses prevention in childhood dental care
February
- 2/18 Alaska's fetal alcohol syndrome rate fell 32 percent between 1996-2002
- 2/18 Fact Sheet: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- 2/16 Teen art contest deadline extended
- 2/9 Agencies to host public meeting in North Pole about solvent in well water
- 2/1 Gang Reduction & Intervention Network (GRAIN) assesses Fairbanks gang activity with survey
January
- 1/14 Alaska's tobacco sales to minors continues to improve
- 1/14 Fact Sheet: Alaska vendors with zero tobacco sales in 2009 to under-age customers
- 1/8 State, stakeholders hold Statewide Suicide Prevention Summit Jan. 11-13
- 1/7 State health officials release results from two 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys
- 1/7 Fact Sheet: 2009 Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Surveys
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