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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Mrs. Ruth Hudson returned to Anchorage after administering BCG vaccinations against tuberculosis in upper Yukon villages including Galena, Kaltag, Nulato, Koyukuk, Ruby, and Kokrines. Alaska's health program since fall 1948 has tested over 22,000 and vaccinated over 9,000 susceptible Alaskans, potentially reducing TB deaths to one-seventh and cases to one-fourth.
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Mrs. Ruth Hudson, clinic nurse of the Alaska Department of Health, returned to Anchorage recently after giving BCG vaccinations against tuberculosis in villages along the upper Yukon. On her recent field trip Mrs. Hudson visited the villages of Galena, Kaltag, Nulato, Koyukuk, Ruby and Kokrines.
Department of Health officials said that studies have shown that BCG may reduce the tuberculosis death rate to one-seventh and the number of cases to one-fourth.
Since the department of health's first use of BCG in the fall of 1948 as one phase of its tuberculosis program, over 22,000 Alaskans have been tuberculosis tested and of these over 9,000 persons showing little resistance to tuberculosis have received BCG.
Dr. Robert L. Smith, assistant commissioner of health, stated that although the period of protection by BCG is still unknown, partial protection may last as long as five years. He added that as BCG will have been offered to the majority of villages by late spring, BCG vaccinations then will be carried out in the larger cities.
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Villages Along The Upper Yukon, Alaska
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Recently; Fall Of 1948; Late Spring
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bcg may reduce the tuberculosis death rate to one-seventh and the number of cases to one-fourth; over 22,000 alaskans tested, over 9,000 received bcg; partial protection may last up to five years
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Mrs. Ruth Hudson gave BCG vaccinations against tuberculosis in villages of Galena, Kaltag, Nulato, Koyukuk, Ruby and Kokrines along the upper Yukon; Alaska Department of Health's tuberculosis program began using BCG in fall 1948; vaccinations to be offered to majority of villages by late spring, then in larger cities