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    Feb 26, 2013 |Story| KTUU

  1. Addicted to Heroin, Part 2: APD Calls Overdose Deaths An 'Epidemic'

    Heroin overdoses have reached an "epidemic" level, according to the Anchorage Police Department. APD Sgt. Kathy Lacey says heroin use is back in force and heroin-related overdoses are claiming more young lives than traffic fatalities.
    Channel 2 News
    Heroin overdoses have reached an "epidemic" level, according to the Anchorage Police Department. APD Sgt. Kathy Lacey says heroin use is back in force and heroin-related overdoses are claiming more young lives than traffic fatalities. "Heroin has come...

    Tags: Drug Trafficking, OxyContin (drug), Heroin, Methadone (drug), Morphine (drug)

    2. Dec 3, 2012 |Story| KTUU

  2. Four A's Held Candlelight Vigil Saturday

    The Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association, also known as the Four A's, held a candlelight vigil on Saturday, December 1st, in honor of World AIDS Day.
    Channel 2 News
    The Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association, also known as the Four A's, held a candlelight vigil on Saturday, December 1st, in honor of World AIDS Day. The Four A's works with the state to provide support to those living with AIDS or HIV and to prevent the...

    Tags: World AIDS Day, AIDS, HIV, Diseases and Illnesses

    3. May 10, 2012 |Story| KTUU

  3. Channel 2 News Investigates: Alaska's Child Porn Epidemic

    While in jail, awaiting sentencing for charges related to the possession of child pornography, Anchorage inmate Troy McKenzie continued to self-medicate himself with a mixture of newspaper and magazine cutouts of young children.
    Channel 2 News
    While in jail, awaiting sentencing for charges related to the possession of child pornography, Anchorage inmate Troy McKenzie continued to self-medicate himself with a mixture of newspaper and magazine cutouts of young children. This day of discovery had...

    Tags: Lobbying, Justice System, Trials, Environmental Issues, Sean Parnell

    4. Jan 8, 2012 |Story| KTUU

  4. Poor Visibility and Heavy Snowfall Plague Anchorage Drivers

    Snowfall shutdown the inbound Glenn Highway Sunday afternoon for a short time at the Fort Richardson exit, and drivers reported only being able to see about 20 feet in front of them.
    Snowfall shutdown the inbound Glenn Highway Sunday afternoon for a short time at the Fort Richardson exit, and drivers reported only being able to see about 20 feet in front of them. As of 4 p.m. Sunday, dispatch reported there were 38 accidents...

    Tags: Health

    5. Oct 22, 2011 |Story| KTUU

  5. Suicide Prevention Experts Hold Discussion on Solving "Epidemic" in Alaska

    At the Alaska Federation of Natives on Saturday, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and Sen. Lisa Murkowski held a field hearing focusing on suicide prevention in Alaska.
    Channel 2 News
    At the Alaska Federation of Natives on Saturday, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and Sen. Lisa Murkowski held a field hearing focusing on suicide prevention in Alaska. Panelists from the federal, state and local levels discussed how to solve the...

    Tags: Suicidal Behavior, Substance Abuse, Minority Groups, Native Americans, Behavioral Conditions

    6. Jan 13, 2011 |Story| KTUU

  6. Alaska still struggling with suicide rates

    Over the last ten years, millions of dollars have been spent to reduce the number of suicides in the state, which are still at epidemic levels.
    Channel 2 News
    Over the last ten years, millions of dollars have been spent to reduce the number of suicides in the state, which are still at epidemic levels. A report from the state’s Suicide Prevention Council is discouraging to those on the front lines of...

    Tags: Suicide, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Planning, Health, Crime, Law and Justice

    7. Feb 7, 2011 |Story| KTUU

  7. New Novel Set Amid Fictitious Bush Epidemic

    A blurb on the cover of “The Raven’s Gift,” a novel about an epidemic that sweeps rural Alaska, says it’s a “thrilling portrait of love and loss, set on the windswept Alaskan tundra.” A review in The New York Times calls it “an epic adventure, never to be forgotten.”  
    Channel 2 News
    A blurb on the cover of “The Raven’s Gift,” a novel about an epidemic that sweeps rural Alaska, says it’s a “thrilling portrait of love and loss, set on the windswept Alaskan tundra.” A review in The New York Times...

    Tags: Culture, Anchorage, Arts and Culture, Crimes, Assault

    8. Apr 6, 2010 |Story| KTUU

  8. Alaska health professionals launch campaign against STDs

    Tuesday kicked off Sexually Transmitted Disease Awareness Month.
    Tuesday kicked off Sexually Transmitted Disease Awareness Month. Across Alaska, health professionals are encouraging people to get out and get tested. Last year the number of gonorrhea cases across the state reached epidemic levels. Doctors say if...

    Tags: Social Issues, Anchorage, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Family Planning, Medical Procedures and Tests

    9. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?

    The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
    The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...

    Tags: U.S. Army, Medical Research, Suicidal Behavior, Concussion, Explosions

    10. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Grand Canyon wildlife event to honor memory of park biologist

    GRAND CANYON, Ariz. -- Eric York was obsessed with the big cats -- their health, temperaments and survival rates amid the park’s annual tourist invasion.
    GRAND CANYON, Ariz. -- Eric York was obsessed with the big cats -- their health, temperaments and survival rates amid the park’s annual tourist invasion. For years, he wandered the area’s crags, gullies and woods, tracking and tagging the...

    Tags: Pakistan, Flu, Pneumonic Plague, Wildlife, Science and Technology

    11. May 15, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  11. Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD

    If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice). Dr. Jonathan Fielding heads <a href="http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/">L.A. County's Department of Public Health</a>, which is bigger than some states' health departments. A pediatrician by training and the head of the county's health programs since 1998, Fielding is such a believer that he and his wife, Karin, turned savvy investments into a $50-million gift last year to UCLA's School of Public Health. Here he takes the temperature of the medical and political aspects of his work.
    If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...

    Tags: Flu, AIDS, HIV, Michael Bloomberg, FBI

    12. May 14, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  12. Big 4 cellphone carriers unite behind AT&T's 'It Can Wait' anti-texting-and-driving campaign

    AP Technology Writer
    NEW YORK (AP) — The country's four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&T's "It Can Wait" slogan to blanket TV and radio this summer. AT&T, Verizon...

    Tags: Sprint Nextel Corporation, Science, Radio, National Government, Government

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