Anchorage Health News

Advocacy group wins order, but all under-21 youths on Medicaid could benefit. Published: November 9th, 2009 10:20 PM Last Modified: November 9th, 2009 10:21 PM For the 63,000-plus young people in Alaska on Medicaid -- government health insurance for low-income...

House passed health care legislation Saturday, Alaska Rep. Don Young, a Republican, released a statement after the vote calling it a "vote to rescind American freedom."

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said she will hold a town hall meeting in Chugiak on health care reform from 5:30-7:00 p.m...As Congress debated how to reform U.S. health care policies and practices to make it more accessible to Americans, Murkowski...

Last Modified: November 7th, 2009 01:17 AM A doctor and nurse flown by helicopter to one of the state's most hard-to-reach villages gave swine flu shots until 2 a.m. Friday as health officials scrambled to inoculate an entire Alaska community...

So many of the 130 residents of Diomede have been stricken with flu-like symptoms that the Alaska Army National Guard stepped in with a Black Hawk helicopter to transport a medical team from Nome 135 miles away, where Head is...