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Native Americans have shorter life spans, and it's not just - CBS …

(4 days ago) WEBArielle Zionts/KFF Health News. Native Americans tend to die much earlier than White Americans. Their median age at death was 14 years younger, according to …

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/native-americans-life-expectancy-health-care/

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Native American health care: How the U.S. Indian Health Service …

(3 days ago) WEBIndigenous Americans call for reform of federally-guaranteed health care. American Indians and Alaska Natives are entitled to federally funded health care under …

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/03/native-american-health-care-how-the-us-indian-health-service-works.html

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Medicaid Unwinding Deals Blow to Tenuous System of Care for …

(2 days ago) WEBThe Indian Health Service is responsible for providing care to approximately 2.6 million of the 9.7 million Native Americans and Alaska Natives in the U.S., but …

https://dailyyonder.com/medicaid-unwinding-deals-blow-to-tenuous-system-of-care-for-native-americans/2024/05/16/

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Latest Native American Health Care News American Medical …

(2 days ago) WEBThe Indian Health Service has reported regional staff vacancy rates of up to 41%. Learn with the AMA about how to address these physician shortages. Native …

https://www.ama-assn.org/topics/native-peoples-population-care

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Native Americans Feel Invisible In U.S. Health Care …

(Just Now) WEBIn 2016 it set the Indian Health Service budget at $4.8 billion. Spread across the US population of 3.7 million American Indians …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/12/569910574/native-americans-feel-invisible-in-u-s-health-care-system

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'People die like that': Native Americans face serious barriers in

(1 days ago) WEBBecause Native Americans face high rates of historical and ongoing trauma, Bruised Head, from Crow Tribal Health, said trauma-informed care is another …

https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/reporting/people-die-native-americans-face-serious-barriers-accessing-care

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Native Americans Have Shorter Life Spans. Better Health Care Isn’t …

(7 days ago) WEBThey argue that in addition to bolstering medical care and fully funding the Indian Health Service — which provides health care to Native Americans — there …

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/native-americans-shorter-life-spans-health-care/

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Covid’s Toll on Native Americans - The New York Times

(2 days ago) WEBDealing with the massive death toll strained her own health, Schumacher told our colleagues. “I just wasn’t mentally prepared to deal with so much loss,” she said. That loss has been

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/08/briefing/covid-death-toll-native-americans.html

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Helping more Native Americans become physicians to improve …

(1 days ago) WEBHealth care leaders have long advocated for increasing workforce diversity to help reduce health disparities that are common for people of color. But Native …

https://news.ohsu.edu/2022/05/02/helping-more-native-americans-become-physicians-to-improve-health-care-for-all

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Readout of HHS Secretary Becerra’s In-Person Roundtable …

(2 days ago) WEBOn Monday, May 6th, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra hosted a roundtable discussion with leaders of national …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/09/readout-hhs-secretary-becerras-in-person-roundtable-meeting-asian-american-native-hawaiian-pacific-islander-leaders.html

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IHS budget will cover inflation, not fixes, health care providers say

(7 days ago) WEBOne section of the $1.5 trillion spending bill passed by Congress shocked tribal health care providers.. Lawmakers in both chambers had supported injecting …

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2022/03/12/indian-health-service-budget-not-enough-native-american-leaders-say/6989208001/

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For Tribal Members in Oklahoma, Medicaid Expansion Improves …

(1 days ago) WEBThe warning alludes to a problem that has long dogged the Indian Health Service, which provides government medical care to 2.2 million of the 3.7 million …

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/us/politics/oklahoma-medicaid-indian-health-service.html

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Navajo Nation constructs new medical facility to improve health …

(4 days ago) WEBGanado is home to Sage Memorial Hospital, a Native-managed comprehensive health-care system serving thousands of people in surrounding Navajo …

https://crh.arizona.edu/news/navajo-nation-constructs-new-medical-facility-improve-health-care

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Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby Shares Tribe’s Health …

(Just Now) WEBThe Native News Health Desk is made possible by a generous grant from the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation as well as sponsorship …

https://nativenewsonline.net/health/chickasaw-nation-governor-bill-anoatubby-shares-tribe-s-health-care-transformation-with-harvard-audience

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COVID deaths of Native Americans linked to underfunded health …

(1 days ago) WEBThe hospital is the largest run by Indian Health Service for the Navajo area, handling 5,800 Native American inpatients and 250,000 outpatients each year. But the …

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2020/10/20/native-american-navajo-nation-coronavirus-deaths-underfunded-health-care/5883514002/

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Culture and Cures: Healing Native American Health AAMC

(4 days ago) WEBCulture and Cures: Healing Native American Health. By Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer. Sept. 5, 2017. The event began ceremoniously, with a spiritual …

https://www.aamc.org/news/culture-and-cures-healing-native-american-health

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Identifying Disparities in Health Outcomes and Mortality for …

(7 days ago) WEBThe American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) population experiences more severe health risks and disparities as compared with other racial and ethnic …

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306427

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After Denying Care to Black Natives, Indian Health Service …

(2 days ago) WEBThe I.H.S. system consists of 26 hospitals, 56 health centers and 32 health stations throughout the country that provide health care to 2.6 million Native …

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/politics/indian-health-service-freedmen.html

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Native Americans & Health Equity - NIHCM

(1 days ago) WEBAmerican Indians have been hospitalized from COVID-19 at 3.3 times the rate of White Americans. The disproportionate impact seen in this community, and …

https://nihcm.org/publications/native-americans-health-equity

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American Indian/Alaska Native Health Office of Minority Health

(6 days ago) WEBThis compares to non-Hispanic whites by 74.7 percent, 34.3 percent, and 6.3 percent respectively. Health: According to Census Bureau projections, the 2020 life …

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/american-indianalaska-native-health

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Rural Native Americans suffer amid lack of maternal health care …

(2 days ago) WEBRural Indigenous mothers had the highest combined rate of severe maternal illness and death during childbirth at about 225 per 10,000 births, she and her …

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/health/2022/08/11/rural-native-americans-suffer-lack-maternal-health-care-access/10084897002/

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How AI is helping fix rural and Native American health challenges

(Just Now) WEBIn its surveys of 250 local providers, CHSI found that a majority of the challenges reported – 70 percent of them were not clinical but operational. The …

https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-ai-helping-fix-rural-and-native-american-health-challenges

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Health - Native News Online

(6 days ago) WEBApril is recognized as Minority Health Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about the ongoing health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, …

https://nativenewsonline.net/health/

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Native American health care remains vastly underfunded

(5 days ago) WEBPublished November 1, 2023. Until the federal government spends more on healthcare for Native Americans, they will not reach parity with the rest of the nation, according to …

https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/alumni/native-american-health-care-remains-vastly-underfunded

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Native Americans: A Crisis in Health Equity - American Bar …

(5 days ago) WEBIn July 2003, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights published a report that outlined civil rights disparities in health care for Native Americans. Unfortunately, most of the findings in …

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/the-state-of-healthcare-in-the-united-states/native-american-crisis-in-health-equity/

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Health Coverage Among American Indian and Alaska Native and

(4 days ago) WEBIntroduction. American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI) people have faced significant and …

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/health-coverage-among-american-indian-and-alaska-native-and-native-hawaiian-and-other-pacific-islander-people/

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Native Americans: With oral health in crisis, dental students decline

(4 days ago) WEBThat makes him a rarity: According to the American Dental Education Association, the number of Native American dental school applicants has plummeted …

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/19/native-americans-with-oral-health-in-crisis-dental-students-decline/70213380007/

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United Health Foundation Awards $2 Million Grant to Native …

(5 days ago) WEBSince 1972, the nonprofit Native American Connections (NAC) has been working to improve the health of tribal members living in the Phoenix area. The …

https://oan.srpmic-nsn.gov/united-health-foundation-awards-2-million-grant-to-native-american-connections-for-mobile-health-initiative/

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Northern Arizona VA bringing healthcare to Native Veterans with …

(2 days ago) WEBThe Northern Arizona VA Health Care System (NAVAHCS) is launching a new campaign to bring health care services to Native American Veterans using a state-of …

https://www.nhonews.com/news/northern-arizona-va-bringing-healthcare-to-native-veterans-with-mobile-medical-unit/article_ced3623e-13a9-11ef-be10-d36afa4a50ab.html

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Health Care Professionals Who Serve American Indian and Alaska …

(7 days ago) WEBAs a health care professional, you play a critical role in eliminating preventable maternal mortality. One part of the solution is to really hear women's …

https://www.cdc.gov/hearher/hcp/aian/index.html

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DFW doctor stuck in Gaza urges ceasefire – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

(9 days ago) WEBA North Texas physician is stuck in Gaza along with at least 20 other American healthcare workers after Israel seized the Rafah crossing — the only …

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/it-is-a-shame-on-humanity-dfw-doctor-stuck-in-gaza-urges-ceasefire/3541165/

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Arizona cutting off funding to over 100 fraudulent medical providers

(5 days ago) WEBOn Tuesday, Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that they were immediately cutting off Arizona Health Care Cost …

https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/arizona-cutting-off-funding-over-100-fraudulent-medical-providers/75-3eea1436-9a20-44c4-b72b-b502737a57ef

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