Press Releases - 2004
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December
- 12/23 State Receives Grant for Background Check Program
- 12/16 Gov. Announces Breast/Cervical Cancer Program 812KB
- 12/16 Alaska TANF program helps Alaskans move from welfare to work
- 12/14 Governor has faith in new office
- 12/13 Governor Proposes More Services for Seniors 615KB
- 12/08 Flu Vaccine Recommendations Broadened
November
- 11/29 New Public Health Legislation 290KB
- 11/29 Governor will propose child protection package to Legislature
- 11/26 Moratorium on Certificates of Need until new regulations, standards enacted
- 11/17 Governor to increase substance abuse funding 305KB
- 11/17 Governor announces social services funding 324KB
- 11/17 BASIC Grants fact sheet 156KB
- 11/10 Virginia Smiley named Director of Alaska Pioneer Homes
- 11/0924,000+ Additional Flu Shots Coming Soon to Alaska Providers
- 11/05 Governor’s Emergency Medical Service Awards Announced
- 11/05 Informed Consent provider requirements on hold for Web site
- 11/01 Kodiak Mass Vaccination Clinic Exercise a Success
October
- 10/28 Governor Announces "Bring the Kids Home" 39KB
- 10/25 Citizen Review Panel to hold town hall meeting Oct 27 First in a series of town hall meetings to gather information on the child protection system
- 10/22 Implementation of Informed Consent Legislation Underway
- 10/13 Governor Murkowski Tours New Psychiatric Hospital
- 10/05 State Public Health Recommending Targeted Use of Flu Vaccine
September
- 09/28 GOVERNOR DECLARES ALASKA INFLUENZA VACCINATION AWARENESS WEEK
Flu shots especially encouraged for seniors, infants, and persons with chronic illnesses >
- 09/28 Please Note: The information in this release is superceded by new release. Click here for more current information: State Public Health Recommending Targeted Use of Flu Vaccine
- 09/10 Alaska Observes World Suicide Prevention Day and Alaska Suicide Prevention Month: Alaska Statewide Suicide Prevention Council hosts Sept. 10 event at Anchorage Town Square
- 09/09 Alaska Observes International FAS Awareness Day Sept. 9: Governor Murkowski issues FAS Awareness Day Proclamation
- 09/03 Principi Grants Waiver for Veterans’ Home:Principi Grants Waiver for Conversion of Palmer Pioneers’ Home to a State Veterans’ Home 721KB
- 09/01Governor proclaims September Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month in Alaska: “Join the Voices for Recovery . . . Now!”
August
- 08/31 Public Health Training Institute Scheduled for September: Various tracks offer educational opportunities for all
- 08/30 DHSS Seeks Innovative Proposals to Promote Healthy Marriages in Alaska: Welfare-to-work success brings Federal bonus funds to Alaska.
- 08/26 Support for Faith-Based Agencies Announced 305KB
- 08/06 Sitka Pioneers’ Home to house Mt. Edgecumbe honor students Home had available rooms, students will stay until new school dormitory is completed.
- 08/05 August is National Immunications Awareness Month
- 08/02 Health Alert: vibrio parahaemolyticus
July
- 07/29 Subsistence Foods Save in Communities near Red Dog Earlier report had errors; subsistence foods still safe to eat around communities in Northwest Alaska
June
- 06/25 Keeping Healthy In The Heat: Hydration and shade are the keys to weathering the heat
- 06/15Governor Signs Veterans Home Bill: Gov. Murkowski signs Alaska Veterans Home bill Governor establishes Veterans Home in Alaska Pioneer Homes system, widens funding available for Pioneer Home system. 353KB
- 06/04 DHSS announces top management changes: Lombardo moves to Deputy Commissioner, Mandsager assumes Public Health Director post, Farnham named Public Assistance Director
May
- 05/17 U.S. Surgeon General Carmona to speak about Medicare-approved drug discount cards May 19
- 05/04 Kathy Cronkite, mental health advocate, to speak at Alaska Psychiatric Institute May 12
April
March
- 03/24 DHSS Public Health Director to change
- 03/09 Applications for SeniorCare now being accepted
- 03/04 Governor Signs SeniorCare Bill
- 03/04 Fetal Alcohol Summit slated for March 9-10, Anchorage
February
January
- 02/20 Alaska AARP Endorses Gov's SeniorCare Plan 41KB
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