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Researchers investigated the relationship between historical traumatic events experienced by Alaska Native communities and epigenetic markers on genes linked to trauma, finding specific epigenetic differences in those who experienced intense distress.

A national civil rights organization filed a lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Corrections on Thursday.

Community health centers participating in the National Hypertension Control Initiative (NHCI) that introduced self-measured blood pressure interventions to their patients — including individuals from Black, Hispanic and American Indian/Alaskan Native populations, who are disproportionately impacted by hypertension and by the COVID-19 pandemic — experienced improvements in blood pressure control rates since 2021, when NHCI began.

There has been a recent three-fold increase in obesity-related deaths from heart disease in the U.S. between 1999 and 2020, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

A recent study at the University of New Mexico Hospital highlights that American Indian and Alaska Native populations face disproportionate severity and mortality rates from COVID-19. The research points to the urgent need for targeted interventions and resources to address these health disparities.

College professors are pushing calculus past its traditional limits to help more students succeed in advanced math.

Two people in a car believed to have been illegally street racing in Compton, California, have died after crashing into an LA County Fire truck which left four firefighters injured

Get to know the "Two-Spirit" part of our rainbow family.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska is asking for an independent review of deaths in Alaska Department of Corrections custody.

Many praise Cohen's leadership during the pandemic, but some from North Carolina’s most vulnerable communities, tell another story.