For the second time in 20 years, a national organization of Native American doctors has honored Oregon Health & Science University's Dr. R. Dale Walker...

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee, in a unanimous voice vote Thursday, approved the nomination of Dr. Yvette Roubideaux to be Director of the Indian Health...

Dr. Yvette D. Roubideaux and Dr. Gerald Hill appeared before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee Thursday, April 23 as it considered Roubideaux’s nomination to be...

The death rate from pandemic H1N1 influenza is four times higher in American Indians and Alaska natives than in the rest of the U.S. population,...

Congress, with the support of the White House, appears poised to greatly improve the Indian health care system.  Read the entire New York Times article...

Health care reform will be high on the list of topics for President Barack Obama’s meeting next Thursday with representatives of the nation’s 564 federally...

I wanted to record this new video for the "Reality Check" site and write this post to debunk the myth that the Indian Health Service (IHS) is...

LOS ANGELES – As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Campo Band of Mission Indians,...

For many Native Americans living on Indian reservations, economic recession is nothing new. Journalist Marley Shebala, of The Navajo Times and Dante Desiderio, of the...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have identified a new factor that is necessary for the development of many forms of medulloblastoma, the most common...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Determining blood loss at the scene of trauma can be critical to successful patient treatment. Health care workers such as emergency...

Format: Feature Article Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Teens with diabetes and their families often face unique challenges. Teens...