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UAA Steps Up to Help Address Need for COVID-19 Contact Tracers

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Contact tracing is important. There are documented cases of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and were asymptomatic, which means people may spread the virus without any idea that they have it. Contact tracing can inform individuals who may feel healthy—or who have mild symptoms they attribute to allergies or other causes—of their risk to others, allowing them to get tested or quarantine as appropriate, hopefully reducing the spread of the virus.

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Surprise: Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ has ticks, and more are on the way

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While Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ’s skilled hunters may be very aware of ticks on wildlife, news of newly arriving ticks is important to learn. In addition, dog owners and walkers may need to come up to speed. Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ’s warming winters and the broader habitat for ticks in the Lower 48 and Canada may provide a channel for rarer types to get to Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ and survive here. Join us to find out how the research is progressing, what the findings reveal, how you can participate, and how UAA faculty and graduate students are supporting the work.

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UAA is No. 20 in the Top 20 best online MPH degree programs in 2018

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Public health professionals – such as epidemiologists, health educators, environmental scientists, and healthcare managers – enjoy careers that are integral to the very survival of the medical field, while avoiding the stress and incredible time commitment that doctors and other practitioners face. The rise of online education has made earning an MPH degree even more convenient. Plus, the nature of public health programs, which include coursework in topics like administration, biostatistics, and disease prevention rather than hands-on labs or residencies, is easily transferable to the distance education format.