Stark mortality gap: Native Americans in South Dakota die from avoidable causes at the highest rate in the nation, five times higher than white residents. Policy-driven disparities: Researchers say ...

A Commonwealth Fund report finds Native Americans in South Dakota die prematurely from preventable causes at far higher rates ...

A recent report from the Minnesota Department of Health found that maternal mortality among Native American women is 12 times higher than the statewide average. And that most of those deaths were ...

It’s estimated that around 7 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, a number that’s expected to double by 2060. But researchers have found that some of the highest rates of cognitive impairment ...