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Nurse Sherra Pritchard gives Madyson Knudsen a bandage at the Kenai Public Health Center after the ten-year-old received her first COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
Department of Health urges flu, COVID-19 and RSV...
By Jacob Dye • December 20, 2023 1:30 am

An Alaska Public Health Alert delivered by the State Department of Health on Monday “urges” an increase in vaccination against…

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Anna Lewald, left, a registered nurse at South Peninsula Hospital, gives Dave Aplin, right, an influenza vaccine at a flu and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine clinic Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
State recommends flu vaccination in September and October
By Jacob Dye • September 6, 2023 1:30 am

That guidance says that everyone over 6 months should be vaccinated

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Anna Lewald, left, a registered nurse at South Peninsula Hospital, gives Dave Aplin, right, an influenza vaccine at a flu and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine clinic Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Health officials urge vax, mitigation ahead of virus...
By Jacob Dye • November 23, 2022 1:30 am

Health officials hope to mitigate the strain on hospitals this winter due to COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus

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Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire
A Juneau resident receives a flu shot while getting a booster shot for the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at Centennial Hall on Oct. 2, 2021. More than 1,300 Juneau residents received booster shots at the clinic, and about half of those people also received a flu shot.
Experts urge flu shots ASAP
By Dana Zigmund • October 20, 2021 2:30 am

Jabs keep infections down and free up health care resources

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