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

• 10/13 Clitheroe detoxification program open again in Anchorage

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