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  • January 18, 2022·

Special News for Indian Country: COVID-19 Vaccines for Native Youth

To our Partners in Tribal Health and Public Health:   As experts agree and data has shown, getting a COVID-19 vaccine is the most effective defense strategy we have against the virus. Longstanding inequalities fueled by federal policies have helped fuel COVID-19 spread in Native American communities. The American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) population sees infection rates more than 3.5 times the average infection rate,…
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  • January 13, 2022·

High Level Faith Leaders Are Urging People to Get Vaccinated

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt around the world. During the course of the pandemic American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) have experienced a disproportionate disease burden compared to other populations in the U.S. In late 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized COVID-19 vaccines, which have been a promising and important tool in the fight to end the…
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  • December 21, 2021·

Special Message for Indian Country: Recommendations to Protect Tribal Communities from the New Omicron Variant During the Holidays

To our partners in Tribal health: Once again we find ourselves confronting another COVID-19 variant and much is still unknown. However, we do know the new Omicron variant has been detected in 45 out of 50 states and the District of Columbia, totaling an estimated 2.9 percent of all COVID-19 cases. We must continue to perform Acts of Love to protect our Tribal communities…
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  • December 14, 2021·

NIHB Releases Video Explainer on the Vaccine Mandate for Staff of Medicare and Medicaid-certified Facilities

On November 5, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a regulation regarding vaccination requirements for staff of Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities. It aims to protect those fighting this virus on the front lines while also assuring individuals and their families that they will be protected when seeking care. This emergency regulation is effective as of November 5, 2021. It provides guidance on…
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  • December 2, 2021·

New Delta Variant Resource

As Tribal healthcare workers, Tribal health systems administrators, and Infection Preventionists (IP) monitor the emergence of new Variants of Concern (VOC) of SARS-CoV-2, such as Omicron, it is important to continue to monitor all variants. National Indian Health Board’s (NIHB) Project Firstline (PFL) partners at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released a new video with information on the Delta variant…
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  • November 22, 2021·

Do You Have a COVID-19 Vaccine Success Story? NIHB Wants to Hear From You!

About the Campaign The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) is requesting COVID-19 vaccination success stories from Tribes, Tribal members, or Tribal organizations. Did your encouragement help a loved one to go get their COVID-19 vaccine? Did you set up a vaccination clinic in your Tribal community? Do you have a fun story about getting your COVID-19 vaccine? Let us know! You can send us…
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