Alaska is set to receive $273 million per year for five years from the program, created as part of President Trump’s spending- and tax-cut law passed this summer.
Health
National Native helpline for domestic violence and sexual assault to open Alaska-specific service
Alaska has the third-highest rate of intimate partner violence against women in the nation, and men kill women in Alaska at a higher rate than anywhere else in the country.
Alaska flu cases spike, causing at least 3 deaths and high numbers of hospitalizations
The state has seen about 1,100 reported flu cases so far this season.
Juneau child’s clinical trial set to proceed in new year after community raises more than $1 million
For the past two years, 4-year-old Cade Jobsisʼs family has been raising money to allow scientists to restart clinical trials that previously showed promising results treating a rare genetic disease known as SPG50.
Alaska could see up to $1.36 billion for rural health over the next 5 years
Alaska’s congressional delegation and state officials lauded the federal investment, which will be upwards of $272 million in Alaska in 2026.
Report documents racial disparities in pandemic death rates in Alaska
Between June 2020 and January 2021, the age-adjusted COVID-19 mortality rate among American Indian and Alaska Native people was 5.5 times higher than that of white people, the report says.