INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
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OUR OPINION: Indian Health Service must explain Tilus reprimand
The Indian Health Service needs to explain itself. Otherwise, the stain on its integrity caused by the situation at Spirit Lake only deepens.
By Mike Jacobs for the Herald , July 31, 2012
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N.D. Sen. Conrad puts director of Indian Health Service 'on notice' during meeting
Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., met Tuesday with the director of the Indian Health Service and “put her on notice” that the 34,000 American Indians who rely on IHS services in North Dakota “deserve better” than the care they’re receiving.
By Chuck Haga , March 29, 2011
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‘Chronic case of crisis’
Disrupted Turtle Mountain dialysis center a symbol of problems of health care in Indian CountryThe head of the U.S. Indian Health Service met with tribal leaders from the Dakotas and surrounding states in Rapid City, S.D., last week and assured them that management of the much-maligned service is improving.
By Chuck Haga , March 26, 2011
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Report lays out problems in Indian Health Service
The Aberdeen Area of the Indian Health Service is in a "chronic state of crisis" stemming from serious management problems and a lack of oversight, Sen. Byron Dorgan said in releasing a congressional report on today.
By Associated Press , December 29, 2010
Indian health researchers identify challenges for region’s reservations
American Indians die from such preventable diseases as diabetes at far higher rates than other Americans, especially in North Dakota and other states in the region, and a leading Indian health authority says more tribally driven research is needed to reduce such disparities.
By Chuck Haga , October 29, 2010
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Report: Indian Health Service hired criminals in N.D., S.D., Iowa, Neb.
Dorgan: Aberdeen-based regional office 'appears to me to be completely dysfunctional'The federal Indian Health Service has hired convicted criminals, failed to stop employees from stealing narcotics and allowed workers to take paid leave for more than a year while being investigated for misconduct, a federal investigation has found.
By Matthew Daly , September 28, 2010
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Co-op model takes shape in western N.D. 
Health care reform may be a national hair-pulling, divisive and seemingly never-ending. But people in western North Dakota are developing their own model to “end health care disparities and promote healthier, longer lives for all residents.”
By Chuck Haga , November 07, 2009
A look at H1N1’s impact on American Indians
A surge in the number of H1N1 cases nationwide appears to have tapered off in recent weeks, but another surge is likely later in the flu season, an Indian Health Service official said.
November 04, 2009
N.D. tribes call for health care reform
Leaders of the five Indian tribes of North Dakota have called on the state’s congressional delegation to support significant health care reform, in part to improve access to health care for the majority of American Indians who live off reservations.
By Chuck Haga , September 15, 2009
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