Health

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with guests about health and wellness activities during Alaska Native Heritage Month. Joining Jared in the studio are: Libby Eufemio, Asst. Professor Alaska Native Studies Berta Detorres, Cama’i Club president Margie Mete, Professor of Nursing, PhD in Indigenous Studies Lisa Truitt, KANA Prevention Listen here:

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Molly Miller, KANA’s Prevention Grants Coordinator, about mental health and suicide prevention programs and services in Kodiak. Listen here:

Providence hospital building. Courtesy of Providence. Listen to this story; The BA.5 variant of COVID-19 is causing an uptick of cases in Alaska and around the country. Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center is still seeing cases of the virus, but patients are often less sick than in times past. Amy Corder is the incident management commander for COVID response at …

  A group of Hospice and Palliative Care of Kodiak volunteers pose before the pandemic. (Courtesy of Hospice and Palliative Care of Kodiak.) Listen to this story; Kodiak Island has only one hospice care provider; the volunteer-staffed Hospice and Palliative Care of Kodiak. They’ve been unable to train any new volunteers due to the COVID pandemic, but they’re preparing to …

Listen to this story; Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center administrator Karl Hertz says lately, it’s been hard to attract new employees to the island. Last year, he says nine new hires withdrew after they were unable to find somewhere to live. Hertz says he had trouble himself when he first came to Kodiak. “When I moved in January, a couple …

Kodiak residents may have seen leaflets recently raising awareness for a survey on health and wellbeing. According to Providence, it’s part of an ongoing effort to evaluate the healthcare needs of a community and then work to meet those needs. “We of course have access to, you know, patient data and those who walk through our doors when they have …

Health officials say it’s too early to be certain, but they’re seeing the same trend – local COVID-19 test positivity has dropped this week. As of a week ago, 30% of COVID tests were coming back positive. That number has dropped to 25%. Shana Theobald is a doctor at the Kodiak Island Ambulatory Care Clinic. “It does seem to be …

Today (Thursday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported ten (10) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough.   The cases were tested between the 19th and the 27th of October.   All cases are now classified as community spread.   One hundred twenty-two (122) cases are currently classified as active locally. There is one (1) active case …

Today (Wednesday) the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center reported fifteen (15) new cases of COVID 19 for the Kodiak Island Borough.   The cases were tested between the 25th and the 26th of October.   All cases are now classified as community spread.   One hundred twelve (112) cases are currently classified as active locally. There are two (2) active cases …

Kodiak has crossed 100 active COVID-19 cases for the first time since late 2020. The Kodiak Emergency Operations Center announced 34 new cases today (FRIDAY), bringing the total active case count to 105. Three people are currently hospitalized in Kodiak. Half of the 34 new cases are close contacts of previously reported cases. Only two are reported as community transmission, …