Health

Despite reports of daily diminishing numbers of coronavirus cases overall on the Navajo Nation, that does not mean the virus is not still with us Laura Hammitt, M.D., told the Health, Education and Human Services Committee last week.

Eleven survivors of the coronavirus recently donated their blood plasma at Tuba City Regional Health Care in hopes it helps patients recover from COVID-19.

The Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Board is receiving some backlash from the community — and its Council delegate — for closing the Nahata Dziil Health Center.

“I never thought it would come here, not here on the reservation.” She first heard about the coronavirus (COVID-19) on TV in January 2020. “It’s all the way across in China!”