8/6/12 News - An international circumpolar conference on health gets underway in Fairbanks; Scientists launch a comprehensive survey of the Chukchi and northern Bering seas; Alaska cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, double

By Joaqlin Estus

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Anchorage, AK – The International Congress on Circumpolar health draws Alaska's Congressional delegation, representatives of 15 Arctic nations, health officials, and federal and state officials to Fairbanks to discuss Arctic health issues. Scientist to conduct the first comprehensive survey of fish and other life, and ocean currents and chemistryin the Chukchi and northern Bering seas. Whooping cough, or Pertussis, is on the rise in Alaska.