This morning on The COVID-19 Brief, Derotha Ferraro from South Peninsula Hospital and Pegge Erkeneff from the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District answer questions from the listeners. Hosted by Josh Krohn ..read more

Dr. Rob Downey is hosting a series of six, half-hour conversations with Nurse Lorne Carroll. They talk about COVID-19 from a public health perspective every Sunday through April 4th on COVID Riff. Click on the audio below to hear Episode 6 and learn about the long term effects of COVID and how to keep healthy in the months to come ..read more

Dr. Rob Downey is hosting a series of six, half-hour conversations with Nurse Lorne Carroll. They talk about COVID-19 from a public health perspective every Sunday at 3 p.m. through April 4th on COVID Riff. Click on the audio below to hear Episode 5 and learn about food and immunity ..read more

Dr. Rob Downey is hosting a series of six, half-hour conversations with Nurse Lorne Carroll. They talk about COVID-19 from a public health perspective every Sunday through April 4th on COVID Riff. Click on the audio below to hear Episode 4 and learn about how stress and inflamation affect immunity ..read more

Dr. Rob Downey is hosting a series of six, half-hour conversations with Nurse Lorne Carroll. They talk about COVID-19 from a public health perspective every Sunday through April 4th on COVID Riff. Click on the audio below to hear Episode 3 and learn about the role vegetables play in decreasing inflamation and improving immune function, resulting in better outcomes for people infected with COVID-19. Support for the production of COVID Riff comes from Ulmer's Drug and Hardware and South Peninsula Hospital ..read more

Dr. Rob Downey is hosting a series of six, half-hour conversations with Nurse Lorne Carroll. On Sundays at 3 p.m. they talk about COVID-19 from a public health perspective on COVID Riff. Click on the audio below to hear episode 2, a discussion of why Alaska Natives and minorities are at higher risk for all facets of COVID-19. Support for the production of COVID Riff comes from Ulmer's Drug and Hardware and South Peninsula Hospital ..read more

Registration begins today, Monday, March 1 at noon for the next COVID-19 vaccination clinic organized by Homer Incident Command. There are over 500 appointments available for a clinic on Friday, March 12 at Homer High School, and 200 appointments available at South Peninsula Hospital's COVID Vaccine and Test Center on March 9, 10, 11, 16 and 17. The clinic is open to people who meet Phase 1b, Tier 2 eligibility, including: people 50 years and above with a high-risk medical condition, people 50 years and above who must work within 6 feet of others as an essential worker, pre K–12 and child care ..read more

Dr. Rob Downey is hosting a series of six, half-hour conversations with Nurse Lorne Carroll. For the next six Sundays at 3 p.m. they'll talk about COVID-19 from a public health perspective on COVID Riff. Click on the audio below to hear episode 1, meet your hosts, learn about the protein ApoE4 and about the role of public health in any pandemic. Support for the production of COVID Riff comes from Ulmer's Drug and Hardware and South Peninsula Hospital ..read more