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A recognition of Alaska Native, American Indian, and Native Hawaiian women

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution (S.Res. 148) led by Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Brian Schatz (D-HI), Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Senate ...
Healio

AHA: Heart health of American Indian/Alaska Native women often suboptimal

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . American Indian and Alaska Native women face significantly higher risk for CVD, particularly during reproductive ...
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Higher proportions of Black, American Indian and Alaska Native women live in states with abortion restrictions than in states without, new study finds

Experts are concerned that already at-risk Black, American Indian and Alaska Native women will suffer the worst consequences of abortion bans. (Jose Luis Magana/AP) The new findings have experts ...
Healio

State abortion bans may unequally affect American Indian, Alaska Native, Black women

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More American Indian or Alaska Native and Black women live in states with abortion bans vs. limited or available ...
Nature

Cancer Disparities Among American Indian and Alaska Native Women

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 ...
WXPR

Native American women speak out about maternal mortality

In 2024, the most recent year for which data for the population is available, Native American and Alaska Native people had the highest pregnancy-related mortality ration among major demographic groups ...
Gulf Live

Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint

KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife ...
Medical Xpress

Intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion among American Indian and Alaska native women

Among a group of American Indian and Alaska Native women interviewed, almost half (45%) reported experiencing reproductive coercion in their lifetime. Intimate partner violence and sexual violence ...
News Medical

Study finds lower rates of breast reconstruction among American Indian/Alaska Native women

American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women with breast cancer have consistently lower rates of breast reconstruction after mastectomy compared to non-Hispanic White women, reports a paper in the July ...
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Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty ...
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Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint

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Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint

KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife ...