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Indian Health Service (IHS) announces that this is the final week to apply for the IHS Scholarship Program to receive scholarship support for the 2025-2026 academic year.

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As a $340 billion House budget resolution moves toward a floor vote this evening, Native advocates warn that proposed cuts to Medicaid would buckle the already strapped Indian Health Service (IHS). 

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A strong link exists between children’s healthy teeth and success in school. Poor oral health status has consistently been correlated to worse academic performance across age, sex, race, and household income for students.

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Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health (RSBCIHI) and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians recently broke ground earlier this month on a new healthcare facility aimed at expanding medical services for Native Americans in the region. 

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Today, Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) reintroduced the IHS Workforce Parity Act to make it easier for Indian Health Services (IHS) to recruit and retain medical workers.

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 Last week, federal layoffs aimed at the Indian Health Service sent shockwaves through Indian Country; former presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy was confirmed as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services; Native health organizations sounded the alarm about how federal spending cuts could threaten critical healthcare in Native communities.

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Update: During the day on Friday, nearly 1,000 Indian Health Service (IHS) employees were laid off as part of a mass reduction across the federal government to fulfill President Donald Trump’s executive order, “Implementing the President's ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative.”

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At a recent Southwest Indigenous Women’s Coalition event in Arizona, a woman reached out and literally touched Nicole Wagon (Northern Arapaho), saying she hoped to gain some of Wagon’s strength. For many Indigenous families seeking justice for missing and murdered loved ones, Wagon has become a symbol of persistence and hope. 

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The Indian Health Service faces losing 2,500 employees in new federal layoffs, nearly triple initial estimates, warns the top executive of a national Native health organization. The cuts would further strain the agency responsible for providing healthcare to 2.5 million American Indians and Alaska Natives. 

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The U.S. Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday, February 13, 2025, with a 52-48 vote.