The Remote Area Medical (RAM) nonprofit clinic recently made its first visit to Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ, setting up pop-up clinics in Anchorage and Fairbanks to provide free dental, vision, and medical services to those in need. However, RAM faced a challenge when it came to staffing the clinics with dental hygiene volunteers.
Like other animals in the wild, the big animals that roam Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ’s largest city are carrying bacteria that cannot be killed by commonly used medicines.
On Feb. 24, the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ VA Clinic was officially renamed the Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ VA Healthcare System, a collaborative effort that included both Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ senators and U.S Representative, as well as the invaluable contributions of Assistant Professor Vanessa Meade in UAA’s School of Social Work.
The opioid epidemic remains a complex and multi-faceted issue for residents of the Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Borough, Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ. Medical student Ian Richey interviewed three local organizations to assess community strengths, describe their missions and how they help patients with substance use disorder.
UAA's Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Justice Information Center presented data from 1979 thru 2021 to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Troy C. Payne, Director of AJIC wrote "After a large increase in the mid-2010’s, motor vehicle theft has been trending down since 2018. In both trend and magnitude, Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ is similar to the national average for property offenses. Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ has consistently had higher-than-average rates of violence since 1993."
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