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Tribal Health Leaders Say Feds Haven’t Treated Syphilis Outbreak as a Public Health Emergency

KFF Health News

And tribal health leaders say their calls for federal officials to declare a public health emergency have gone unheeded. Three years later, the outbreak continues — the number of new infections so far this year is 10 times the full 12-month totals recorded in some years before the upsurge.

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News: Washington's American Indian Health Commission Asks State to Cover Traditional Healing

Rural Health Information Hub

The Washington American Indian Health Commission has requested the state consider a federal waiver for Medicaid coverage of traditional Indigenous healing practices following waivers successfully obtained by 4 other states in 2024.

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Event: 2025 Annual National Indian Health Board Tribal Health Conference

Rural Health Information Hub

National Tribal Health Conference 2025 September 7-12, 2025 | Chandler, AZ. Registration Expected to Open March 2025 Event overview National Tribal Health Conference 2025 […] Culture Is Medicine; Community Is Healing.

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Event: 2025 Tribal Health Equity Data Symposium

Rural Health Information Hub

Washington DC March 4, 2025 -- National Indian Health Board

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Event: 2025 Tribal Health Equity Data Symposium

Rural Health Information Hub

Washington DC March 4, 2025 -- National Indian Health Board

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Event: 2025 Tribal Health Equity Data Symposium

Rural Health Information Hub

Washington DC March 4, 2025 -- National Indian Health Board

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Podcast from Washington: Omnibus Spending Bill of 2022 and Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program Reauthorized

The NACCHO Podcast Series

Most exciting to NACCHO, the bill reauthorized the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program, which once operationalized will offer loan repayment to public health professionals who agree to serve three years at a local, state, or Tribal health department.