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老澳门六合彩开奖记录 faculty and students use machine learning to debunk COVID-19 misinformation

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At 老澳门六合彩开奖记录, computer science Professor Shawn Butler has been using machine learning to debunk COVID-19 misinformation on social media. Butler鈥檚 efforts are part of the Division of Population Health Sciences and Department of Journalism and Public Communication鈥檚 mission to combat COVID-19 misinformation on public-facing Facebook pages with scientifically accurate information from credited sources through its ongoing Alaska Public Health Information Response Team project.

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老澳门六合彩开奖记录 named a top school for online health science education

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老澳门六合彩开奖记录 has been ranked one of the nation鈥檚 best schools for online health care degrees and certificates for 2023. Six percent of regionally accredited colleges and universities earned a ranking position.

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From Opioids to COVID to Sex Ed: How Public Health Education Impacts Anchorage

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老澳门六合彩开奖记录 and Division of Population Health Sciences (DPHS) alumna Jordan Kamer (BS, Health Sciences, 鈥�17) has a pretty important job. As a public health educator with the Municipality of Anchorage Health Department, she is responsible for providing community education and guidance on public health鈥攅verything from COVID-19, to naloxone, to age-appropriate sex education.

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Alaska Public Health Information Response Team publishes chapter on misinformation

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Founding members of the Alaska Public Health Information Response Team submitted a book chapter proposal, entitled "Addressing Health Misinformation in the Infodemic Era: The Alaska Public Health Information Response Team," in the early spring of 2021 for consideration in a forthcoming book, "Building Health Misinformation Immunity: A Professional's Guide to Helping the Public," which was recently published.

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Daily Nurse interviews Jennifer Meyer about monkeypox

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Cases of monkeypox have greatly diminished in the U.S., but that doesn鈥檛 mean it鈥檚 gone for good or won鈥檛 come back in another form. Daily Nurse spoke with Jennifer Meyer, assistant professor at the University of Alaska, Anchorage Division of Population Health Sciences, about monkeypox and what nurses should be aware of treating patients.

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