WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Native Americans in Alaska are more likely to be hospitalized with swine flu than whites in the state and the lack of running water in some areas may be a factor, researchers ...

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 ...

Native mothers deserve to survive pregnancy. They deserve to thrive after it. And they deserve a health care system that values their lives as much as it values the lives they bring into the world.

Some Medicare assistance program eligibility requirements and premium costs depend on your income and resources. Special rules apply to American Indian and Alaska Native people’s income. Other rules ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Alaska Native populations had higher rates of Sjögren’s disease than the general population. RA and lupus were ...

In my role at the intersection of Native communities and philanthropy, I’ve had to navigate between two different value systems. My core values are Indigenous. I grew up in the Seattle urban Indian ...

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, ...

With Indigenous People’s Day (October 13) and Native American Heritage Month (November) approaching, Alaskan Dream Cruises—Alaska’s only Indigenous-owned cruise line—highlights what makes this ...

U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) applauded the Senate passage of the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2024, which included provisions of her bill, the Enhancing Native Elders’ Longevity, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Helena Pagano's great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. He died starving as a prisoner of ...