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This initiative was inspired by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa becoming the first tribe in the country to add organ donation registration to their tribal identification documents in 2022.
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Public Health Division Director Dirk Wilke says the plan identifies health priorities that will be used as a framework for HHS’s goals, objectives, and activities.
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Gambling addiction is a growing problem in North Dakota – and nation-wide.As Prairie Public’s Dave Thompson reports, agencies that treat problem gamblers…
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As of July first, about 10,600 North Dakotans have enrolled in expanded Medicaid.The 2013 Legislature approved the expansion of Medicaid to provide…
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North Dakota State University has been awarded a three-year 1-point-4 Million dollar grant to help establish a public health resource center for American…
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The chief of the state Health Department’s Emergency Preparedness and Response section says the last year has been a busy one.Tim Wiedrich says there have…
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Sanford Health will expand its reach in the Bakken.Sanford will be using two mobile clinics and one modular clinic in the oil patch. The modular clinic…
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Tobacco products are changing and health officials in Cass and Clay County are looking how efforts need to change to make sure the new products don’t wind…
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Sanford’s nursing school in Bismarck will soon be a part of NDSU.The state Board of Higher Education has approved the plan. NDSU president Dean Breschani…
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Monday (3/31) marks the deadline for uninsured individuals to sign-up for healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Leading up to the deadline,…
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Bismarck’s Saint Alexius (uh-lex’-ee-us) Medical Center and Catholic Health Initiatives have signed a “letter of intent” to form a new affiliation.CHI is…
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So far, just under 4000 North Dakotans have signed up for health care coverage under the expanded Medicaid program.It’s part of the federal affordable…