Health
‘Hold Their Feet To the Fire’: Getting A COVID-19 Vaccine To Hard-Hit Indian Country – NPR
A portion of the first coronavirus vaccines have been designated to go to Indian Country, but some tribes are skeptical about the federal government’s ability to…
Tribal leaders on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota say they plan to hold the Indian Health Service accountable as the first vaccines are set to be delivered to Indian Country.
Kirk Siegler/NPR
These last few days have been chaotic at the Nimiipuu Health Clinic on the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho.
The director, Dr. R. Kim Hartwig, is trying to manage testing and treating patients for COVID- 19 and other diseases, while also racing to get a plan in place to distribute a vaccine.
“It’s not…
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