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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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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.

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Event: NIH Consultation on Disposition of Biospecimens Collected from Tribal Populations

Rural Health Information Hub

Event Date: 12/05/2024Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET The NIH Office of Science Policy, in partnership with the NIH Tribal Health Research Office, will be holding a Tribal Consultation regarding the disposition of de-identified biospecimens collected from Tribal and International Indigenous population members and their return back to the Tribes.