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

COVID-19 VARIANTS, EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW: Watch next week’s Interior Alaska COVID-19 Roundtable Discussion from 6-7pm and have your COVID-related questions answered by local medical experts. This session welcomes Dr. Joe McLaughlin, chief epidemiologist for the State of Alaska and Jayme Parker manager of the State of Alaska Virology Lab. 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 Facebook.

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