Syringe kiosks installed around Cherokee tribal lands
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Health officials with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are hoping the installation of syringe kiosks in various locations will help reduce the amount of discarded syringes and lancets or sharps. The kiosks, 17 in all, are painted red, emblazoned with the logo of the EBCI Public Health and Human More...
Area health community groups, workshops, meetings
Community Groups Workshop Meetings Flyer January 2019 More...
Mission Health activates Visitor Limitation Policy due to increased influenza-like activity, asks visitors to help limit patient visits
ASHEVILLE – Mission Health is implementing its Visitor Limitation Policy and asking patients’ family members and friends to limit hospital visits, effective Jan. 3. Visitors younger than 12 and those More...
Healthy lifestyles to be on display at Cherokee Indian Fair
WELCOME HOME: With family and friends holdings encouraging signs, the 2018 Remember the Removal Riders from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ride into a welcome back event held at the Tribal Council House on More...
COMMENTARY: Dementia in Indian Country
By BLYTHE SANDERS WINCHESTER, MD, MPH, CMD The most common question I get asked is, “What is the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia?” Dementia is an umbrella term that includes a lot More...
Former Chief Hicks added to Dogwood Health Trust Board
ASHEVILLE – Dogwood Health Trust (“Dogwood”), a recently formed North Carolina nonprofit, private non-operating foundation, announced on Thursday, Aug. 23 additions to its initial Board of Directors More...
CIHA celebrates National Nutrition Month
March is National Nutrition month and the Cherokee Indian Hospital Nutrition department has developed a month of activities to not only promote health and fitness but to focus on both employees and patients More...
January is National Stalking Awareness Month
January is National Stalking Awareness Month, a time to focus on a crime that affects an estimated 6.6 million people a year. Stalking is a crime in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. territories, More...
Rally for Recovery to stress healing and hope, not blame
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Recovery is happening for members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. That message, combined with the slogan “Together we can get through it”, are two More...
Walk held to shine light on Cherokee elder abuse
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Tribal elders in Indian Country are reportedly abused at a rate (1 in 4) much higher than the national average (1 in 10). This and other facts and statistics More...