COVID-19

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – Norton Sound Health Corporation testing found the fourth positive case of COVID-19 in the region on Monday, June 8. The patient agreed to allow NSHC to disclose their home community of Nome. NSHC contacted the patient with Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – As of Friday, May 22, NSHC confirmed two new cases of COVID-19, which brought the total to three positive cases in the Norton Sound region.  All three people who tested positive live in the community of Nome. Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 22, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – Norton Sound Health Corporation saw its third positive case of COVID-19 on Friday, May 22, just one day after announcing its second positive case. The patient agreed to disclose their home community of Nome and started to Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – A second patient has tested positive for COVID-19 in the Bering Strait/Norton Sound Region. The patient has agreed to disclose their home community of Nome and has started to self-isolate immediately after being notified of the positive Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 13, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Patient and employee safety remains number one priority Nome, Alaska – NSHC is slowly opening outpatient health care services in Nome and the village clinics.  If you have delayed an in-person appointment, specialty procedure, an Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) Read More

*DEADLINE EXTENDED* Norton Sound Health Corporation is seeking stories from around the region on what it’s like living without water and sewer. These stories can be sent in the form of videos, photos or written comments to help elevate the need for serving the region’s unserved communities. NSHC will pay $50 to each video submitter Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2020 Contact: Reba Lean, Public Relations Manager Phone: 907-443-9674 Nome, Alaska – The first patient in the Bering Strait region has tested positive for COVID-19. The patient has been self-isolating and is in contact with State of Alaska Section of Epidemiology and Public Health Nursing to ensure appropriate precautions Read More

NSHC provided an update to Tribal Leaders on Monday, March 23, and included step-by-step information on how NSHC will identify COVID-19 in patients and treat them thereafter. NSHC also answered frequently asked questions, including questions from the basic symptoms of COVID-19 to NSHC’s level of preparedness to how to quarantine after potential exposure. That information Read More