fbpx
Donate Get Newsletter
Donate Get Newsletter
 

Health

Type: Default
Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
Hide Blurb: No
Hide More Stories Like This: False
Reader Survey Question: Health

PHOENIX — Arizona’s Medicaid program added 31 more providers, some Native American- owned and operated, to its list of fraudulent healthcare providers who participated in a multi-million dollar statewide Medicaid scam that targeted Native Americans.

Details

Type: Default
Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
Hide Blurb: No
Hide More Stories Like This: False
Reader Survey Question: Health

In light of last week being Worldwide Breastfeeding Week, a global campaign seeking to bring awareness to issues and barriers to breastfeeding, Native News Online sat down with Angie Sanchez (Grand Traverse Bay Band), a Michigan State University Ph.D. student researching ways to increase access to breastfeeding support resources in Indigenous communities. 

Details

Type: Default
Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
Hide Blurb: No
Hide More Stories Like This: False
Reader Survey Question: Health

This August is National Immunization Awareness Month and highlights the importance of getting recommended vaccines. August is also World Cancer Support Month and it is important to note that well-child recommended vaccines can protect against oral (mouth) cancers.

Details

Type: Default
Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
Hide Blurb: No
Hide More Stories Like This: False
Reader Survey Question: Health

Did you know that in Ontario, three times as many young people are dying of overdose compared to a decade ago?

Details

produce
Type: Default
Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
Hide Blurb: No
Hide More Stories Like This: False
Reader Survey Question: Health

The U.S Department of Health and Human Services, through Indian Health Service, announced the availability of $2.5 million in funding to support the development of the Produce Prescription Programs in tribal communities.

Details

group
Type: Default
Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
Hide Blurb: No
Hide More Stories Like This: False
Reader Survey Question: No Question

WISCONSIN—The Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council (GLITC) hosted a traditional ground blessing for the new Adolescent Recovery and Wellness Center in Oneida County, Wisconsin on Monday, July 31.

Details

Type: Headshot
Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
Hide Blurb: No
Hide More Stories Like This: False
Reader Survey Question: No Question

The Indian Health Service (IRS) announced on Thursday the award of $425,000 each to the Research Triangle Institute and the Northwest Portland Indian Health Board to support the Zero Suicide Initiative Coordinating Center. 

Details

Type: Default
Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
Hide Blurb: No
Hide More Stories Like This: False
Reader Survey Question: No Question
American Indian and Alaskan Native people have a long history of health disparities and poor health outcomes. We’ve all heard the numbers, and the focus is often on physical health issues. But what about our mental wellness? More importantly, what is being done about it?
Details

IHS sign
Type: Default
Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
Hide Blurb: No
Hide More Stories Like This: False
Reader Survey Question: No Question

Over a two year period, more than 27,000 adverse events were recorded by the Federal Indian Health Service (IHS), which provides care to roughly 2.8 million American Indians and Alaska Natives, including missed diagnoses and giving a patient the wrong medication. 

Details

Type: Default
Ad Visibility: Show Article Ads
Hide Blurb: No
Hide More Stories Like This: False
Reader Survey Question: No Question

Guest Opinion. As a Tribal Citizen of the Cherokee Nation, my culture runs deep. Tribal culture is what ties me to my past and gives me clarity for the future. Culture makes challenging statistics about Native American mental health extraordinarily personal.

Details