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Alzheimer’s disease: A silent epidemic in Westchester County we must tackle
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAs a Mount Vernon native and a volunteer for the Alzheimer’s Association over the past several...
Why Native Americans Are Dying Sooner
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA funeral is held for Arnold Billy, who was a victim of COVID-19, at Tuba City Community Cemetery in Tuba City, Ariz., on May 22, 2020. Credit - Brian...
Exhibits in this Wisconsin city on Native American boarding schools and violence against Indigenous...
Green Bay Press-Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMANITOWOC - A pair of deep and highly emotional exhibits involving Indigenous communities are just...
We need to boost access to anti-obesity medications in Delaware — not limit it
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 7 days agoObesity is one of America’s most pressing health epidemics, yet it has been consistently overlooked...
Native teens are facing a mental health crisis—here's what's behind the numbers
Stacker via AOL· 3 months agoIlike // Shutterstock Between the historical trauma of the genocide and mass relocations experienced...
New investigator hired by WA Attorney General for cold cases of missing Indigenous people
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTo address the ongoing epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP),...
A death sentence: Native Americans shut out of the nation's liver transplant system
Stacker via AOL· 2 months agoThe Markup investigates why, despite being more likely to die of liver disease, Native Americans are...
More American Indians and Black Americans died from a pandemic surge in fentanyl overdoses than any...
The Independent UK via AOL· 12 months agoBetween 2016 and 2021, a period encompassing the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, the rates of...
Syphilis cases are on the rise in the US
The Week via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIllustration of syphilis bacteria. The U.S. is seeing a resurgence in syphilis, a disease once almost completely eliminated in the country. The increase...
HHS task force moves to combat syphilis as cases hit 'record high'
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSecretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said the department is taking actions to...