by admin | Jan 25, 2021 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF In December 2020, Victoria Harlan, an elder of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), took the first COVID-19 vaccine dose administered by the Tribe’s health care system. As of Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021,...
by admin | Jan 10, 2021 | Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
Each week, Chris McCoy, director of EBCI Communications, interviews Dr. Richard A. Bunio, Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority executive clinical director, about current COVID-19 updates and news. It is aired via Cherokee Cablevision Channel 28 and livestreamed...
by admin | Dec 16, 2020 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF Victoria Harlan was sewing one of 11 quilts when she received a phone call. Sewing is her version of practicing self-care, a must for relieving the stresses of working in an emergency room. Monday night, Dec. 14 was...
by admin | Dec 15, 2020 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
Chris McCoy, director of EBCI Communications, interviewed Dr. Richard A. Bunio, Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority executive clinical director, and Vickie Bradley, Secretary of EBCI Public Health and Human Services (PHHS), about the arrival of the COVID-19...
by admin | Dec 14, 2020 | Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
EBCI PHHS release On Monday, Dec. 14, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) and Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority identified a COVID-19 cluster at the Old Antioch Missionary Baptist Church located at 2868 Wrights...
by admin | Nov 24, 2020 | Front Page, Health, NEWS ka-no-he-da
By JONAH LOSSIAH ONE FEATHER STAFF Dozens of cars stretched in a line to receive a COVID-19 test just three anxious days before Thanksgiving. On Monday, Nov. 23, Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA) hosted a rapid testing event to increase...