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The state’s Board of Education and Early Development approved a priority list for half a billion dollars in construction and upkeep for schools at its regularly scheduled meeting in Juneau on Wednesday.
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The study, published Thursday in The Lancet, is a sweeping review of health disparities across the nation.
Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - Alaska Natives in certain rural areas of the state have the nation’s highest death rates from suicide and domestic violence and some of the highest rates of accidental deaths, while Asians and Latinos in the state have some of the nation’s lowest rates for deaths from a wide variety of conditions like heart disease and respiratory disorders, according to a new study.
A national study found some Alaska populations with very high rates of violent death and others with very low rates of death from diseases.