Surviving the coronavirus crisis: A Hopi perspective
Standing in his cornfield, Ahkima Honyumptewa said everything about the traditional Hopi lifestyle is meant to strengthen the body, mind and spirit.
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EPI director: Command Center response can be improved
Ramona Antone-Nez, the Navajo Epidemiology Center director, told the Council’s health committee last week that when COVID-19 struck the Navajo Nation, no one foresaw the magnitude.
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UNM researchers: No sign Navajo has reached plateau
In a report to the Health, Education, and Human Services committee two week ago, University of New Mexico researchers said that while measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 on Navajo have been effective, the Nation has not yet reached its peak, and it would be helpful to have finer scale data to work with.
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IHS shoring up capacity, testing, tracing
Navajo Area IHS has almost doubled inpatient capacity from what it was prior to COVID-19 and have added three alternate care sites, in Gallup, Chinle and Shiprock
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School board, command center mum on Wide Ruins exposure
Exasperated parents say their concerns over the situation have been disregarded.
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Window Rock Weather
Fair
46.9 F (8.3 C)
Dewpoint: 17.1 F (-8.3 C)
Humidity: 30%
Wind: Southwest at 8.1 MPH (7 KT)
Pressure: 30.04
Dewpoint: 17.1 F (-8.3 C)
Humidity: 30%
Wind: Southwest at 8.1 MPH (7 KT)
Pressure: 30.04
Highway 264,
I-40, WB @ Winslow