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Alaska tribal health groups distribute shots far, wide Memories of past flu, tuberculosis spurs vaccination By BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press Published: April 24, 2021, 6:00am Share: 6 Photos In this undated photo, provided by the Tanana Chiefs Conference, shows a team from the tribal health organization posing outside a plane before leaving for a rural vaccination clinic in Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. Some of Alaskas highest vaccination rates among those 16 or older have been i...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — John Waghiyi remembers rushing his cousin to the clinic in the Bering Sea city of Savoonga in December, worried he was having a possible heart attack while out butchering a bowhead whale. Waghiyi arrived to see elders waiting in the lobby for a COVID-19 vaccine. Waghiyi, 66, said he joined them and got a shot before returning to the coast to help finish the whale harvest. Elders, he said, have set the tone in the Alaska Native community of 735 on the coast of isolated...

Apr 20, 2021 JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — John Waghiyi remembers rushing his cousin to the clinic in the Bering Sea city of Savoonga in December, worried he was having a possible heart attack while out butchering a bowhead whale. Waghiyi arrived to see elders waiting in the lobby for a COVID-19 vaccine. Waghiyi, 66, said he joined them and got a shot before returning to the coast to help finish the whale harvest. Elders, he said, have set the tone in the Alaska Native community of 735 on the coast o...

JUNEAU, Alaska —  John Waghiyi remembers rushing his cousin to the clinic in the Bering Sea city of Savoonga in December, worried he was having a possible heart attack while out butchering a bowhead whale. Waghiyi arrived to see elders waiting in the lobby for a COVID-19 vaccine. Waghiyi, 66, said he joined them and got a shot before returning to the coast to help finish the whale harvest. Elders, he said, have set the tone in the Alaska Native community of 735 on the coast of isolated St. ...

Some remote Alaska villages achieve high vaccination rates Published 2 hours ago In this undated photo, provided by Paul Apfelbeck, community health aide Nicole Gregory, right, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Virginia Johnston at the Yukon-Koyukuk Elder Assisted Living Facility in Galena, Alaska. Alaskas highest vaccination rates among those 16 or older have been in some of its remotest, hardest-to-access communities, where the toll of past flu or tuberculosis outbreaks hasnt been forgott...

Alaskas Native villages have 80% vaccination rates and state will offer shots to TOURISTS starting June 1 as daily COVID cases fall below 100 More than 80% of residents 16 or older in isolated areas like St Lawrence Island and others along the Bering Sea have had at least one dose of Covid vaccines Native tribes with systems set up amid devastating past flu and tuberculosis epidemics have been major drivers of the speedy rollouts  Alaska has one of the highest rates of vaccination in the U.S...

JUNEAU — John Waghiyi remembers rushing his cousin to the clinic in the Bering Sea city of Savoonga in December, worried he was having a possible heart attack while out butchering a bowhead whale. Waghiyi arrived to see elders waiting in the lobby for a COVID-19 vaccine. Waghiyi, 66, said he joined them and got a shot before returning to the coast to help finish the whale harvest. Elders, he said, have set the tone in the Alaska Native community of 735 on the coast of isolated St. Lawrence...

Norton Sound Health Corporation has confirmed community spread is happening in St. Michael. NSHC originally said late last night two new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the region, but in fact only one was found. When asked why a case was reported that wasn’t actually confirmed, NSHC spokesperson Reba Lean said it was a miscommunication. “One case was re-communicated to PR even though it had already been reported.” According to the regional health corporation, community leaders...