Health

'Everyone of reproductive age who is sexually active should be tested for syphilis’

Will schools and day cares follow suit?

Here’s what doctors advise to stay safe

Other STD rates are down or flat

Experts point to the lack of culturally relevant programs that are sensitive to Native community values

Native Americans face serious barriers in accessing care

At Owamni, Sean Sherman, aka The Sioux Chef, and staff introduce diners to a world of Indigenous cuisine

Last school year, vaccination waivers among kindergartners hit an all-time high: 3 percent in total, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report

Items are aging, and as a deadline to allocate federal COVID-19 cash approaches next year, states must decide how much to invest in maintaining warehouses and supply stockpiles

Native rapper Supaman educates youth on the risks of vaping at Lakota Nation Invitational in South Dakota

Survey: A new survey shows 55 percent of Black patients said they feel like they must be very careful about their appearance to be treated fairly at medical visits

It’s also the first fall and winter virus season where vaccines are available for the three viruses responsible for most hospitalizations – COVID-19, RSV and flu

Website will reopen to order them

Impact of a possible government shutdown and streamlining of IHS among topics discussed at annual Tribal Advisory Committee meeting

Patients need doctors who look like them

Abortion was never readily available to Indigenous women, and the reversal of Roe v. Wade made it worse. States with some of the largest Indigenous populations also have some of the strictest restrictions on abortion

The Boys to Men Mentoring Network, founded 27 years ago in La Mesa, California, has grown to cities in 11 states

LGBTQ+ organizations recommend the first step in getting that documentation is to go to your local superior court and start the process for a legal name change

The National Institutes of Health is starting some studies to test possible treatments for long COVID

Authorities said tribal citizens seeking help for addiction have been recruited with false hopes of recovery from as far away as Tuba City, Arizona, and even New Mexico

So what can parents and young people do now? Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has some tips

Black people are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s than White people in the United States. They are less likely to be correctly diagnosed, and their families often struggle to get treatment from a medical system filled with bias against them

Reva Stewart and Coleen Chatter have been at the forefront of the issue for more than a year and are the advocates behind the #StolenPeopleStolenBenefits campaign

As the health emergency ends, pandemic-era support programs have already been fading away

Says it's no longer emergency

The study adjusted state death rates to account for age variations in each state’s population

A look at where we stand

While the 1918 pandemic provided lessons for today, Alaska Natives’ COVID-19 experiences provide lessons for future pandemics, experts say

Experts say the true origin of the pandemic may not be known for many years — if ever

Analysis: Native Americans have experienced a dramatic decline in life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic – but the drop has been in the making for generations

It comes as lawmakers have already ended elements of the emergencies that kept millions of Americans insured during the pandemic

Who needs another shot and when sparked more debate

This means Americans would no longer have to keep track of how many shots they’ve received or how many months it’s been since their last booster

'We’re ready to take this next step toward getting back to normal'

'What we can control is what's happening in the United States'

The US, Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Italy have announced testing requirements for passengers from China

Millions of people worldwide have had long COVID, reporting various symptoms including fatigue, lung problems, and brain fog and other neurological symptoms

If current trends continue, this year will mark the first annual decline in deaths since 2009.

'Beijing is really confused right now,' said one resident, surnamed Zhu. 'They made a complete 180-degree turn without even going through a transitionary period.'

A newspaper reported Beijing, the capital, has begun allowing some people with the virus to isolate at home, avoiding crowded quarantine centers that have prompted complaints

Nationally, new COVID cases averaged around 39,300 a day

Law professors and attorneys say the challenge appears to be the first time that pandemic-related laws have been challenged in court over an alleged infringement on tribal sovereignty

'We can work together to protect our friends, relatives, elders and our communities as we gather across the country for the holiday season'

A rapidly intensifying flu season is straining US hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections

'When you have a massive crisis, the worst effects end up being felt by the people with the least resources'

Advocates call for expanding social safety net

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said it’s a sign that schools need to redouble their efforts, using billions of dollars that Congress gave schools to help students recover

In its weekly report on the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said deaths fell by 22 percent in the past week, at just over 11,000 reported worldwide

COVID-19 ravaged Indigenous tribes in New Mexico. State and federal data reveal how a long legacy of uranium exposure may have made them uniquely vulnerable

Cases also fell by more than 20 percent in the Americas and the Middle East.