One Health Alumna Provides Veterinary Care in Southwest Alaska
Veterinarian Laurie Meythaler-Mullins holds a puppy in the village of Nightmute.
Laurie Meythaler-Mullins
Laurie Meythaler-Mullins is one of the first two graduates of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ new master’s degree program in One Health, and she’s already putting her degree to good use.
Meythaler-Mullins, who received her UAF degree in May, works as a community outreach and public health veterinarian in Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region. With 52 federally recognized tribes and 48 communities, the geographic area is roughly the size of the state of Louisiana. Until two years ago, this region had little access to veterinary care.
River breakup cuts off Tuluksak’s temporary source of drinking water Published May 6
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Print article BETHEL A Southwest Alaska village that lost its water plant in a fire will be without its temporary water treatment plant during river breakup. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. installed a temporary water treatment system for Tuluksak in March that pipes water from the Tuluksak River, but the system cannot withstand ice floes released during breakup, KYUK Public Media reported. Plans call for reinstalling the system once the river ice is gone. Until then, Tuluksak can store water in large tanks.
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] The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management this week said it was providing 10 pallets of bottled water, weighing nearly 11,000 pounds, that would be stored at the school. The agency said Tuluksak also has designated the school as a shelter location, if needed, for any flooding during the spring river breakup.
The Yukon Kuskokwim Fitness Center plans to open to 40% capacity on Monday, May 2. Recreational areas of the fitness center will be open to all residents,
Credit Dean Swope/KYUK
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Fitness Center plans to open to 40% capacity on May 3. Facility Director Stacey Reardon says recreational areas of the fitness center will be open only to those who have been vaccinated, but the pool and family locker room will be open to unvaccinated individuals with reservations. The pool is one of the only areas of the fitness center where people don’t wear masks.
Reardon says that the facility is reopening to unvaccinated individuals because the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta has maintained a relatively stable COVID-19 case rate for two weeks now, coupled with high rates of vaccination. This downgrades the region from being at “high” risk of widespread transmission to “moderate” risk. The criteria for case transmission is based on a formula written by the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation. That formula is the result of a number of factors, like overall case rate and number of people vaccinated.
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