Haines receives massive grant to expand behavioral health services post-disaster
December 17, 2020
Local agencies and partners at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau have two weeks to spend an unprecedented $1.4 million the state is channeling into Haines to assist with stabilization and behavioral health services in the wake of the Dec. 2 landslide.
“Could you use $1.4 million?” was the text Bartlett chief behavioral health officer Bradley Grigg received from an official at the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services after he notified the department that the hospital planned to send behavioral health staff to support the recovery effort in Haines.
“After I got through the shock of ‘Are you kidding me?’ I (readily accepted),” Grigg said.
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2nd likely anaphylactic reaction to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Alaska reported in Fairbanks An employee at Foundation Health Partners in Fairbanks experienced what was likely an anaphylactic reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday afternoon. (Source: SSM Health via KTUU) By KTUU Staff | December 18, 2020 at 8:53 PM CST - Updated December 18 at 8:53 PM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - An employee at Foundation Health Partners in Fairbanks experienced what was likely an anaphylactic reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday afternoon.
The employee, a woman and a clinician, did not have any known allergies but had previously experienced an adverse reaction to a bee sting. In a release, Foundation Health Partners said the employee was being monitored after receiving the vaccine when she began experiencing anaphylactic symptoms 10 minutes later.
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Third allergic reaction to COVID-19 vaccine reported in Alaska By Audrey McNamara COVID vaccine rollout in full swing
A third health care worker in Alaska has suffered an allergic reaction to Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine. Severe allergic reactions can occur with any vaccine, but are extremely rare.
The employee, one of almost 300 to receive the vaccine Friday at Foundation Health Partners Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, said in a statement shared by the hospital that her experience should not deter others from getting vaccinated. Anaphylaxis is a rare but expected potential side effect that is treatable and does not have long term health implications like COVID, said the employee, who wishes to remain anonymous, in the statement. I would get the vaccine and recommend it to anyone, despite my reaction, to help our country get immunized which is needed for the health of all Americans, for the economy, get families hugging again, for getting children back to sc