Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — Alaska Native and American Indian populations demonstrate notably higher prevalences of ...

Marissa Russo is a former STAT intern supported by the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship. American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States live nearly four years less than ...

Kidney cancer incidence is 90% higher in American Indian and Alaska Native populations than in non-Hispanic Whites, with mortality rates nearly double. Disparities are driven by late detection, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In 2022, fentanyl-involved overdose mortality rates were highest among American Indian or Alaska Native ...

American Indian and Alaska Native women continue to experience marked disparities in cancer outcomes compared with other populations. These disparities are multifactorial in origin, involving ...

American Indian and Alaska Native communities in Colorado continue to face significant gaps in health care access, quality and outcomes, according to a new analysis of the Colorado All Payer Claims ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) (Photo/File) U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, has ...

Abigail Echo-Hawk, director of the Urban Indian Health Institute, recalled a Native mother in her 30s who started having memory loss and other dementia-like symptoms. The woman had suffered multiple ...