September 25, 2020 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: 907-443-4591 Nome, Alaska – Norton Sound Health Corporation identified the 75th positive case of COVID-19 in the region on Friday, September 25, as a resident of Savoonga. The patient, who is now safely isolating, tested positive as part of the village’s testing and quarantine Read More
Press Release: Four COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Gambell
September 25, 2020 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: 907-443-4591 Nome, Alaska – Four additional Gambell patients are now safely isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 on Friday, September 25. The new positive cases are most likely related to the previous 10 cases reported last Friday and earlier this week, bringing Gambell’s total Read More
Press Release: Five COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in Region
September 18, 2020 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: 907-443-4591 Nome, Alaska – Five NSHC patients are now safely isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, September 22 and Wednesday, September 23. Four of the patients are residents of Gambell. The origin of the virus is currently being investigated, but they are Read More
Press Release: Resident Tested Positive for COVID-19 Outside of Region
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2020 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: 907-443-4591 Nome, Alaska – A resident of the Norton Sound/Bering Strait region is now safely isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, September 17. The patient was traveling when they tested positive. They are currently isolating outside of the region Read More
Public Notice: NSHC Board of Directors Meeting
Press Release: Two COVID-19 Cases Confirmed from Region
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 2020 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: 907-443-4591 Nome, Alaska – Two residents of the Norton Sound/Bering Strait region are now safely isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 on Friday, September 11. The first patient was traveling outside of the region when they tested positive. They are currently Read More
Press Release: COVID-19 Case Confirmed from Region
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 10, 2020 Contact: Sarah Richards, Public Relations Specialist Phone: 907-443-4591 Nome, Alaska – A resident of a regional village is now safely isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, September 10. The patient agreed to allow NSHC to disclose their home community of Stebbins. This case is presumed to Read More
Press Release: NSHC Named a Top Performing Health Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 28, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – Norton Sound Health Corporation is being recognized as one of the nation’s top clinically performing community health centers. For the first time, the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) named NSHC a “gold tier” Health Center Read More
