A new study from the University of Alaska Anchorage explores alternative child welfare strategies to limit family separation.
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Alaska kids’ COVID vaccination rates are low, and pediatricians say misinformation is the challenge
Vaccination rates for Alaska children lag far behind the rates for older kids and adults, according to data from the state health department.
After more than a decade, overcrowded Shaktoolik is finally getting new homes
Alaskans are twice as likely to live in an overcrowded household than the national average. Rates are highest in small, off-the-road-system communities like Shaktoolik.
3.7 million more kids are in poverty without the monthly Child Tax Credit, study says
Since the monthly payments from the expanded Child Tax Credit expired at the end of 2021, nearly 3.7 million more children are in poverty, according to a new study from Columbia University.
2 years into the pandemic, 5 Alaskans reflect on all that has changed
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Alaska Public Media reporters have reached out to dozens of Alaskans to see how the pandemic has changed their everyday lives. We’ve talked with business owners who had just opened their doors when the pandemic started and health care workers treating the state’s sickest residents and people in assisted-living homes reuniting with their families…
This 16-year-old wanted to get the COVID vaccine. He had to hide it from his parents
A November 2021 Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that 30% of parents with 12- to 17-year-olds said they will definitely not vaccinate their children.