Alaska to launch second funding round for Rural Health Transformation ProgramThe federal program is meant to produce long-term transformation, but strict rules are leading to short timelines.Anchorage Daily News9d agoWhole story →HealthFoodrural health transformation funding
Opinion: Federal drug program is a prescription for protecting rural Alaska careFor rural clinics and tribal health organizations, 340B discounts can mean the difference between expanding services and cutting them.Anchorage Daily News10d agoWhole story →HealthFood
FDA nominee voices support for vaccines at Senate hearing scrutinizing Trump administration effortsDr. Heidi Overton’s abortion views could complicate her efforts to win over two moderate Republicans on the Senate Health Committee: Maine Sen. Susan Collins and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski.Anchorage Daily News11d agoWhole story →HealthLisa Murkowskifda nominee hearing
Opinion: Alaska’s healthcare decisions must be guided by science, not politicsThe Senate’s consideration of the next FDA commissioner carries big stakes in a state where access to care is already limited.Anchorage Daily News13d agoWhole story →Healthfda commissioner nomination
Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump’s 3rd surgeon general pick, faces Senate questions over her vaccine stanceSaphier stated she doesn’t believe childhood vaccines cause autism and emphasized the importance of the MMR vaccine in combating measles.Anchorage Daily News19d agoWhole story →Healthsurgeon general confirmation hearing
In wake of Lindsay Clancy trial, Massachusetts governor proposes improved postpartum healthcareGov. Maura Healey proposed providing free home visits by nurses to all parents with newborns as well as updated regulations governing mental health screening of new mothers.Anchorage Daily News20d agoWhole story →HealthMaura Healeymassachusetts postpartum care proposal
The CDC hasn’t added 2 deaths to its measles database. Here’s why.The deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and the state’s Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro.Anchorage Daily News1mo agoWhole story →HealthJosh Shapiromeasles death tally dispute
GOP lawmakers release Fauci texts discussing covid vaccine and pregnancySens. Ron Johnson and Rand Paul said the texts are among more than 34,000 recovered from a copy of the former infectious-disease scientist’s government iPhone.Anchorage Daily News2mo agoWhole story →HealthRand PaulRon Johnsonfauci text release
