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Annie Feidt, Alaska Public Media

Patience, Persistence Serve Alaska’s Health Commissioner Well In Government – And In Fishing

By Annie Feidt, Alaska Public Media September 2, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Valerie Davidson, an advocate who became Alaska’s top health official, still loves spending her time fishing for salmon and cooking for her Yup’ik family.

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