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2020 Press Releases

Dec 22, 2020
IHS Awards $1 Million to National Council of Urban Indian Health for Urban Indian Education and Research Program

Dec 1, 2020
Statement from Rear Adm. Michael Weahkee on World AIDS Day

Dec 1, 2020
Tribal Health Programs and Urban Indian Organizations Choose How They Will Access the COVID-19 Vaccine

Nov 19, 2020
IHS Releases COVID-19 Pandemic Vaccine Plan November 2020

Nov 16, 2020
Statement from Rear Adm. Michael Weahkee on the IHS Acoma-Canoncito-Laguna Service Unit

Oct 29, 2020
IHS Receives 150,000 additional BinaxNOW COVID-19 Tests

Oct 16, 2020
IHS Division of Environmental Health Services recognized for outstanding service during COVID-19 pandemic

Oct 14, 2020
Statement by the Indian Health Service on its COVID-19 Pandemic Draft Vaccine Plan

Sep 24, 2020
Indian Health Service Receives 300,000 BinaxNOW COVID-19 Tests for Distribution

Jul 22, 2020
Statement from Rear Adm. Michael Weahkee on the release of the Presidential Task Force on Protecting Native American Children in the Indian Health Service System report

Jul 2, 2020
Indian Health Service Announces National Expansion of the Community Health Aide Program

Jun 18, 2020
Remarks by IHS Great Plains Area Director James Driving Hawk on the Accreditation Status of the Pine Ridge Hospital

Jun 2, 2020
Critical Care Response Team Will Further Enhance Patient Care Across the Indian Health Service

May 22, 2020
HHS Announces $500 Million Distribution to Tribal Hospitals, Clinics, and Urban Health Centers

May 14, 2020
Indian Health Service Announces Expansion of Specialty Care in Billings Area

May 8, 2020
IHS selects five projects for Joint Venture health care facilities

Apr 23, 2020
IHS statement on allocation of final $367 million from CARES Act

Apr 21, 2020
Secretary Azar Statement on Confirmation of Rear Admiral Weahkee as IHS Director

Apr 3, 2020
IHS receives more than $1 billion for coronavirus response

Mar 2, 2020
IHS Announces New Alaska Area Director

Feb 11, 2020
New I Am IHS Campaign Spotlights Dedication and Commitment of IHS Employees

Feb 10, 2020
Rear Adm. Michael D. Weahkee Statement on the Sentencing of Former IHS Pediatrician Stanley Patrick Weber