/tags/indian-health-service Indian Health Service en-US Copyright Mon, 19 Apr 2021 06:30:20 GMT /local-news/2021-04-19/new-mexico-working-to-solve-disparate-vaccine-rates In the race for herd immunity, New Mexico is being heralded around the country as an unlikely frontrunner. Over half of the state’s population has gotten… Mon, 19 Apr 2021 06:30:20 GMT /local-news/2021-04-19/new-mexico-working-to-solve-disparate-vaccine-rates Marisa Demarco /news/2021-03-29/push-to-vaccinate-indigenous-americans-leaves-some-urban-indians-out-of-the-loop This is the second in a two-part series about the vaccine rollout in Indian Country. Part one looks at the success of the rollout on rural reservations.… Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:55:31 GMT /news/2021-03-29/push-to-vaccinate-indigenous-americans-leaves-some-urban-indians-out-of-the-loop /news/2021-03-29/vaccine-rollout-highlights-tribal-health-programs-strengths-despite-chronic-underfunding This is the first in a two-part series about the vaccine rollout in Indian Country. Part two looks at the challenges of vaccinating our region's urban… Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:47:27 GMT /news/2021-03-29/vaccine-rollout-highlights-tribal-health-programs-strengths-despite-chronic-underfunding /local-news/2021-03-05/native-vaccination-success-with-dr-anthony-fauci As vaccinations roll out across the country, tribal nations are doing particularly well. Antonia Gonzales with New Mexico PBS recently spoke with Dr.… Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:29:55 GMT /local-news/2021-03-05/native-vaccination-success-with-dr-anthony-fauci Antonia Gonzales /local-news/2020-10-28/groundbreaking-study-shows-indigenous-people-in-n-m-support-reproductive-freedom The confirmation of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday raises concerns about preserving access to abortion and other… Thu, 29 Oct 2020 01:00:35 GMT /local-news/2020-10-28/groundbreaking-study-shows-indigenous-people-in-n-m-support-reproductive-freedom Hannah Colton /local-news/2019-11-07/doctor-discusses-research-showing-high-levels-of-uranium-in-navajo-women-and-babies As the U.S. prepared to detonate the first atomic bomb in New Mexico in the ’40s, the federal government sought uranium on Navajo land. Decades later,… Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:18:49 GMT /local-news/2019-11-07/doctor-discusses-research-showing-high-levels-of-uranium-in-navajo-women-and-babies Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2019-01-11/shutdown-disrupts-health-care-for-native-americans-in-n-m Among the federal agencies left unfunded by the partial government shutdown is the Indian Health Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health… Fri, 11 Jan 2019 23:43:50 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-01-11/shutdown-disrupts-health-care-for-native-americans-in-n-m Hannah Colton /public-health-new-mexico/2017-10-25/to-grow-health-and-economies-some-tribes-look-away-from-ihs The Indian Health Service—the federal agency tasked with providing health services to Native American communities—has long been the go-to health care… Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:38:55 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2017-10-25/to-grow-health-and-economies-some-tribes-look-away-from-ihs Ed Williams /public-health-new-mexico/2013-05-02/insurance-exchanges-could-open-indian-health-service-to-non-indians Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Health Care Act is expected to bring in much needed dollars to the chronically underfunded Indian Health Service… Thu, 02 May 2013 21:47:47 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2013-05-02/insurance-exchanges-could-open-indian-health-service-to-non-indians /local-news/2013-04-19/indian-health-service-could-see-budget-increase Obama’s proposed budget for Indian Health Services is up from FY 2012 by $124 million.. The White House’s focus on increased funding to IHS programs, it’s… Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:39:12 GMT /local-news/2013-04-19/indian-health-service-could-see-budget-increase