May 15, 2009
Kilbuck School sixth grader Nevada Ahio takes a peek through the lenses at the Optometry Clinic.
Local Radiology Training program presents first graduate
Nina Menegak came to work for YKHC in May 2004 as the Imaging Receptionist. Soon, she will be the first Bethel trained Registered Radiographer
Pneumo 13 Study
Information about YKHC Research Trial to Evaluate Study Vaccine Against Pneumococcal Disease in Young Children
Sixth Graders get a glimpse of health care career choices
Sixth graders from Bethel toured Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation . Eighty-four boys and girls from Ayaprun and Kilbuck schools toured YKHC's Therapeutic and Diagnostic Services on May 1
Subsistence hunters to aid Avian Flu surveillance effort
The US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the YKHC Office of Environmental Health and Engineering (OEHE) will collaborate for the fourth consecutive year to screen for the Highly Pathogenic H5N1 strain of Avian Influenza in migratory birds that come to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta every spring.
Don't let rising water bring you down
Flooding has been especially severe in some communities along the Kuskokwim and Yukon rivers this year, some causing serious damage and forcing evacuations.
Boating Safety
As every experienced boater knows, traveling on the river can be full of surprises.We can hope for the best; but if the worst happens, we better be prepared.
Happy to be tobacco free!
Hello! It has been six-plus years since I had my last cigarette!
April Health Aides of the Month
Minnie John and Helen Macar of Crooked Creek
Village clinics meet Well Child goals
If a village meets or exceeds their goal for three consecutive months, the Well Child Coordinator and the Supervisor/Instructor will travel to that village and throw a lunch party.
May is Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
After experiencing a steady decline since the 1990s and reaching record lows in 2005, current statistics show rates of teen pregnancy are heading upward again in the United States-and in Alaska.
The Word from WIC
Food Safety: The temperature is starting to rise and it is time for all of us to think about ways we can decrease our likelihood of getting a food-borne illness.
Pharmacy Window: Insect Repellents
Choosing and using insect repellents can be easy if you know the facts
