{"id":119926,"date":"2025-02-19T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=119926"},"modified":"2025-02-19T11:44:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:44:25","slug":"native-america-calling-assessing-current-health-threats-to-indian-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/19\/native-america-calling-assessing-current-health-threats-to-indian-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Assessing current health threats to Indian Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, February 19, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\"> Assessing current health threats<\/div>\r\n The current flu season is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/02\/11\/health\/intense-flu-season\/index.html\">worst in 15 years<\/a> in terms of doctor\u2019s visits.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajmc.com\/view\/kansas-city-tuberculosis-outbreak-a-deadly-wake-up-call\">Tuberculosis cases are rising<\/a>. On the horizon is a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/should-humans-worry-bird-flu.html\">bird flu outbreak<\/a> that is already affecting millions of livestock birds and it\u2019s starting to make the jump to humans.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n This is all happening with the backdrop of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/shots-health-news\/2025\/02\/13\/nx-s1-5296672\/cdc-bird-flu-study-mmwr-veterinarians\">lapsed information<\/a> from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, confirmation of a federal health secretary who openly expressed skepticism about vaccines, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nativenewsonline.net\/health\/breaking-federal-layoffs-target-indian-health-service-threatening-healthcare-access-across-indian-country\">unprecedented cuts in the works<\/a> for the Indian Health Service. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJoin Native America Calling get a gauge of the current threats to the health of Native Americans.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/19\/native-america-calling-assessing-current-health-threats-to-indian-country\/5600fisherslanerockvillemaryland\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-119931\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" data-attachment-id=\"119931\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/02\/19\/native-america-calling-assessing-current-health-threats-to-indian-country\/5600fisherslanerockvillemaryland\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19\/5600fisherslanerockvillemaryland.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"5600 Fishers Lane\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5600 Fishers Lane&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A building at 5600 Fishers Lane in Rockville, Maryland, houses the headquarters of the Indian Health Service and other agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:5600_Fishers_Lane_2020a.jpg&gt;Antony-22&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19\/5600fisherslanerockvillemaryland.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19\/5600fisherslanerockvillemaryland.jpg\" alt=\"5600 Fishers Lane\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-119931\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> A building at 5600 Fishers Lane in Rockville, Maryland, houses the headquarters of the Indian Health Service and other agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:5600_Fishers_Lane_2020a.jpg>Antony-22<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dean-s-seneca-9a9abb54\/\">Dean Seneca<\/a> (Seneca), CEO and founder of  <a href=\"https:\/www.senecascientificsolutions.com\/\">Seneca Scientific Solutions+<\/a>, a company based in New York\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianag.org\/post\/raising-livestock-with-rez-chicks\">Katherine Minthorn<\/a> (Umatilla), an owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianag.org\/post\/raising-livestock-with-rez-chicks\">Rez Chicks Co-Op<\/a>, a Native-owned and women-owned business in Oregon\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ws.linkedin.com\/in\/aiono-dr-alec-ekeroma\">Aino Dr. Alec Ekeroma<\/a> (Samoan), director general of health of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.ws\/\">Samoa\u2019s Health Ministry<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/health.alaska.gov\/dph\/Epi\/id\/Pages\/tb.aspx\">Chanda Hesson<\/a>, nurse consultant for the State of Alaska\u2019s section of epidemiology and the lead nurse consultant for the Alaska Department of Health\u2019s tuberculosis team\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverhealth.org\/provider-directory\/b\/belknap-robert-w\">Dr. Robert Belknap<\/a>, executive director of the Public Health Institute at Denver Health in Colorado\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From flu season to cuts at the Indian Health Service, tune in to get a gauge of the current threats to the health of Native people.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,19,20,1,14,23],"tags":[6002,78,373,6000,400,3219,121,248,210,5999,243,133,34,63,134,6001,3006],"class_list":["post-119926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-health","category-indian-trust","category-national","category-politics","category-world","tag-aiono-alec-ekeroma","tag-alaska","tag-cdc","tag-chanda-hesson","tag-colorado","tag-dean-seneca","tag-employment","tag-hhs","tag-ihs","tag-katherine-minthorn","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-new-york","tag-oregon","tag-radio","tag-robert-belknap","tag-samoa","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-vci","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19\/5600fisherslanerockvillemaryland.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119926"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119935,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119926\/revisions\/119935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}