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New RSV drug delivers promising results in Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
In the rural Alaska region with the worst infant RSV problem, a preventative antibody appears to be moderating the disease's ...
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Alaska election results are official: Here are 5 takeaways
In the final results, the margin between rejecting the repeal of the state’s ranked choice voting system and approving it grew.
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Court case in North Dakota calls federal environmental review regime into question
Alaska joined North Dakota and 19 other states in seeking to reinstate a rulemaking approach adopted during Trump's first ...
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New maps show high-risk zones for whale-ship collisions
Collisions with ships are a threat to many large whale species. Scientists estimate that thousands of whales are killed by ...
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Anna Nisi
Anna Nisi is a postdoctoral researcher in biology at the University of Washington. She is a quantitative wildlife ecologist ...
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Tribal health leaders say feds haven’t treated syphilis outbreak as a public health emergency
The rise in syphilis infections accelerated in 2021, pinching public health leaders still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Anti-lockdown researcher Trump’s pick to lead National Institutes of Health
Bhattacharya will require Senate confirmation before taking over. He would have sway over where the government directs health ...
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Election reform was on the ballot – voters largely said ‘no’
Election reform backers argue that party-focused systems exclude swaths of independent voters who do not identify with any ...
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Matthew May
Matthew May serves as a research scholar with the Idaho Policy Institute at Boise State University. He holds a Ph.D. in ...