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American Indian, Alaska Native communities face 'disproportionate burden' of poor oral health
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmerican Indians and Native Alaskans face a “disproportionate burden” of oral health disease in the...
Number of Native American dental program applicants plummets as community faces oral health crisis
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe first time Rudy Oxendine visited a dentist, he was in middle school. In the poor rural community...
She survived a tornado and breast cancer, and now this Native artist is earning acclaim
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhen Yonavea Hawkins was injured in a 2019 tornado that tore through the Caddo Mounds State Historic...
OUHSC receives grant to improve health outcomes for Indigenous women in childbirth
The Norman Transcript, Okla. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 27—According to researchers at the University of Oklahoma, Indigenous women are three times more likely to die in childbirth, and a new $10.5 million grant aims to figure out how to lower ...
Granny Brigade's good deed conflicts with past stances
Salina Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA March 7 Salina Journal front-page story featured the Granny Brigade. Their drive collected 25...
Business People: Blue Cross and Blue Shield announces executive appointments
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOF NOTE – HEALTH CARE Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, an Eagan-based health insurer, announced two executive appointments: John Uribe, vice president of business development, has been ...
Bison spread as Native American tribes reclaim stewardship
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPerched atop a fence at Badlands National Park, Troy Heinert peered from beneath his wide-brimmed...