Press Releases — 2018

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December

• 12/1 DHSS Works with North Star Hospital to Open More Emergency Mental Health Beds​ 

November

• 11/27 Statewide Opioid Action Plan offers blueprint to control Alaska's opioid epidemic. 
• 11/20 Officials recommend discarding all romaine lettuce due to new multistate outbreak of E. coli; no Alaska cases reported​  ​
• 11/8 State report compiles Alaska’s drug overdose data from 2013-2017 

October

• 10/29 State report compiles vital statistic data on births, deaths, marriages and divorces

September

• 9/20 State Report Analyzes Flu Data from 1918 Influenza Pandemic; Commemoration Activities Include Emergency Preparedness Activities 
  
• 9/12 Department of Law and Department of Health and Social Services Release Findings of Independent Investigation of API — 2018 API Independent Investigative Report​ 

August

• 8/8 State Report: Opioid deaths high, but data signals progress in Alaska's fight against opioids​ 

June

• 6/28 HIPAA and APIPA Breach Notification  

May

• 5/7 State Report Highlights Negative Health Impacts of Alcohol Misuse in Alaska ​

April

• 4/19 State Officials Respond to an Outbreak of E. Coli at a Correctional Facility in Nome 
  

March

• 3/8 Department of Health and Social Services Requests Independent Investigation of Workplace Safety at Alaska Psychiatric Institute 

January

• 1/12 Statewide Suicide Prevention Council and mental health, substance misuse prevention boards hire Alison Kulas as new executive director 
• 1/8 State Report Identifies Adverse Health Impacts of Climate Change ​