COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments Available for 65+ and Health Care Workers Tuesday, Feb. 9: As of this morning, Sat. Feb, 6, there were almost 500 appointments still available for the Community Vaccine Clinic at the Carlson Center on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Click here to make an appointment. Attached is a great resource outlining information about the community vaccine clinics and how to make an appointment.

State Clarifies Definition of ‘Health Care Worker’ Expanding Eligibility: The attached Provider…

COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments Available for 65+ Tomorrow: Fairbanks Public Health along with many of its community partners, including Foundation Health Partners are hosting a Community Vaccination Clinic on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at the Carlson Center. Appointments for this clinic will be released on the DHSS website, COVIDvax.Alakska.gov tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 4 at noon.  Click here to access a great resource that outlines how to make an appointment and provides answers to several of the questions…

CANCER CARE PHYSICIANS COVID TOWN HALL SERIES: Drs. Jaqueline and Andrew Cox are hosting a series of COVID-19 Vaccine Town Halls. Tonight’s session at 6:30pm is “Lions and Tigers and B.1.1.7, Oh My”. This introduction to COVID-19 variants features guest speaker Lisa Smith, Ph.D., with the Alaska Virology Lab. Click here to connect via Zoom or on Facebook here. You can join by phone 833 548 0276 (webinar ID 851 1540 1631). For more information email TownHall@FairbanksCancerCare.com

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COVID-19 VACCINES, EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW: Watch tonight’s Interior Alaska COVID-19 Roundtable Discussion from 6-7pm and have your COVID-related questions answered by local medical experts. This weekly series is a partnership with DHSS, UAA, Chena Health, Fairbanks Cancer Care, Interior Community Health Center, Tanana Chiefs Conference and Foundation Health Partners. Learn more on The Loop, here or from outside the FHP firewall, click here to register or here to access the event via…

FHP EMPLOYEE COVID-19 VACCINE: FHP is holding an employee COVID-19 vaccine clinic tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 22 from 3-5pm at FMH in the McGown, Kiewit & Chandler conference rooms. There are a handful of appointments still available. Click here to reserve your vaccine.

COVID UPDATE WITH DR. ZINK AND DR. RAMIREZ TONIGHT: Click here to watch UAF’s Healthy Living COVID-19 presentation featuring State CMO Dr. Anne Zink and FHP CMO Dr. Angelique Ramirez tonight, Thursday, Jan. 21, at 7pm.

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ALASKA RANKS #1 IN COVID VACCINE ADMINISTRATION:As of Jan. 20, Alaska ranked #1 in COVID-19 vaccine administration (per capita) in the United States. Access the CDC’s COVID Data Tracker here. 

COVID VACCINE UPDATE: Join Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink and FHP’s Chief Medical Officer for an update on COVID-19, Thursday, Jan. 21 at 7pm. This event is sponsored by UAF’s Healthy Living Forum. Learn more here.

INTERIOR COVID-19 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Click here to watch this week’s…

 COMMUNITY VACCINATION EVENT THIS WEEKEND: There will be a Community Vaccination event at the Carlson Center this weekend, Friday, Jan. 15 and Saturday, Jan. 16 for individuals in Phase 1A and Phase 1B, Tier 1. This includes Alaskans age 65+ and health care workers. The press release announcing the details is attached. A couple things worth noting:

1. To make an appointment go to COVIDvax.Alaska.gov. or call 907-646-3322. The appointments will not appear on the site until 10am on Wednesday,…

 Interior Alaska Roundtable Discussion and Q&A: Join Alaska Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Anne Zink and a panel of interior physicians for a roundtable discussion and Q&A session on the COVID-19 vaccine. This event is open to the community, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 7-8pm. Click here to register. This session will also air live on Facebook, click here. Email ECHO@Alaska.org or FHPcommunityfeedback@FoundationHealth.org for more information.

Vaccines for Alaskans aged 65+: Encourage patients to…

FHP Community Vaccine Clinic: FHP will begin vaccinating Alaskans aged 65+ next Thursday, Jan. 14. Vaccinations are scheduled to be administered Jan. 14, 21, 28 and possibly Feb. 4 in the McGown, Kiewit and Chandler conference rooms. The process is similar to how the employee vaccinations are occurring. The clinic will be open 8am to 5pm and we will be vaccinating 250 people per day (32 per hour). Patients will enter through the South Tower entrance.

Vaccines for Alaskans aged 65+: The State was…