Skip to main content

Health

An inflatable mock colon is displayed on Oct. 20 at the Southcentral Foundation booth at the 2022 Alaska Federation of Natives convention. The display is the smaller of two inflatable, walk-in mock colons that the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Southcentral Foundation use to raise awareness of colorectal cancer. Statistics show that cases are rising among adults younger than 50, especially among younger Alaska Native adults. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
News

Colorectal cancer hits younger Alaska Natives harder

By Alaska Beacon
A sign in Rapid City, South Dakota, encourages people to vote in favor of Amendment D, a measure to expand Medicaid eligibility for state residents. (Arielle Zionts/KHN)
News

South Dakota's Medicaid expansion

By Searchlight New Mexico
Ana Maria Aucapan, left, a Mapuche machi, or spiritual guide, and Ingrid Naipallan, second left, perform Indigenous rites with a percussion instrument called a kultrun as Angela Quintana Aucapan begins her labor accompanied by her partner Cristian Fernandez Ancapan at the San Jose de Osorno Base Hospital in Osorno, Chile, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. The largest public hospital in Osorno is finding new ways to incorporate Indigenous health care practices, such as having a machi help with delivery. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)
News

New ways to incorporate Indigenous medicine

By The Associated Press
Pope Francis prepares to bless the sacred waters of Lac Ste. Anne in Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, for the Feast of Saint Anne as part of his six-day "penitence pilgrimage" to apologize for the Catholic Church's role in the ugly residential school history. Hundreds of Indigenous people turned out for the feast and to hear the Pope speak. Indigenous priest Christino Bouvette, of Alberta, is holding the bowl of water as Canadian Cardinal Marc Oulette, with red sash, looks on. (Photo by Miles Morrisseau/ICT)
News

Papal Visit: ‘Where harmony and peace reign’

By Miles Morrisseau
The group is comprised of descendants of Marpiya te najin, Jeff Bolton who recently retired Chief Administrative Officer of Mayo Clinic, and Valerie Guimaraes from the trip to Santee, Nebraska. (Photo courtesy of Valerie Guimaraes)
Opinion

Healing is a journey, not a destination

By Mayo Clinic
the ap logo high res
Outside

EXPLAINER: What is monkeypox and where is it spreading?

By Associated Press
IMG_2033 2
News

Joe Biden calls for substantial Indian health funding

By Mark Trahant
Students plant broccoli in Garfield Elementary School’s Garden on the Corner in central Phoenix on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. The program gives students an opportunity to develop healthier lifelong habits. (Photo by Hope O’Brien/Cronkite News)
Outside

Experts target obesity, diet, exercise to combat high cholesterol in youth

By Cronkite News
Little Shell Tribe opens health care clinic. (Photo by Great Falls Tribune)
News

Little Shell Tribe opens health clinic in Montana

By Great Falls Tribune
Maricopa County averages 110 days above 100 degrees Fahrenheit a year, and it recorded 119 heat-caused deaths in 2018, according to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. (Photo by Greg Macelroy | Cronkite News)
News

Heat stroke vs. heat exhaustion

By Cronkite News