4:59 A new study from Alaska Native Tribal Health Center shows that cancer rates among Alaska Native people have gone up over the last half-century. Researchers say the data points to opportunities for prevention.
Yet cancer remains the leading cause of death for Alaska Native people and it has been for decades.
“This is outrageous. Why are we not at war with this thing? Why are we not doing more?” asked Eric Fox, who lost his mother to cancer in 2017.
Within months, Fox was serving on the state’s advisory board to the American Cancer Society. He said you’d be hard-pressed to talk to anyone in the Alaska Native community that hasn’t lost someone close to them to cancer.
If I am pregnant or breastfeeding, can I get vaccinated?
Alaskans who are pregnant or breastfeeding may choose to get a COVID-19 vaccine when they are eligible to receive it. There are limited data about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for people who are pregnant. COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to pose a risk to pregnant people or their babies based on current understanding.
I’m not currently in Alaska. What should I do to get vaccinated?
You’ll want to follow the guidelines for where you are located. States and local jurisdictions will have different guidance than what you’ll see in Alaska. You’ll follow the guidance of the community you are in. You’ll want to plan to get both doses of vaccine with the same healthcare provider.
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On Tuesday, January 26, President Biden signed a memorandum on discriminatory housing practices and policies. The memorandum is one of a series of recent executive actions focused on racial equity, representing the Administration’s continued effort to address systemic racism across multiple issue areas and government agencies.
The memorandum is directed at the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and outlines a broad objective to address bias and discrimination in rental housing and home-buying. The order provides a historical overview of U.S. government policies that it says have exacerbated racial inequalities and how those inequalities continue to “permeate[] land-use patterns in most U.S. cities and virtually all aspects of housing markets.” The memorandum is not, however, limited to racial discrimination; it also references discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender id