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ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR)—The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has nominated five veterinary service shortage areas across the Commonwealth that need veterinarians practicing food supply veterinary medicine. This nomination provides opportunities for qualified veterinarians and veterinary practices to apply for financial assistance to help food animal medicine shortage situation. The U.S. Department […]

Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) have introduced bipartisan legislation to bolster chronic staffing issues at the Indian Health Services (IHS). The legislation, called the IHS Workforce Parity Act of 2023, amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to allow Indian Health Service scholarship and loan recipients to fulfill service obligations through half-time clinical practice, and for other purposes. The IHS provides healthcare to more than 2 million American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal members.

In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently. U.S. Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced bipartisan legislation to make it easier for the Indian Health Services (IHS) to recruit and retain physicians. IHS has a 25 percent vacancy rate for health care providers, and this legislation would help attract new doctors to the agency that serves over two million American Indian and Alaska Native tribal citizens.

Experts outline key concerns and goals to boost the pediatric subspecialty profession and improve pediatric health nationwide.

From high school need something else. so what i call for is free community college. i want to lower the rates on student loans. right? right now the federal government makes money on student loans. i don't think we should make any money on student loans. [ applause ] right? so i want to charge -- i want to charge a rate on student loans equal to the government's cost of funds. so that's the second thing i want to do. i want to have more repayment programs tied to your income. right? president obama actually started that. and it was successful. i want to do more of that. so those are some of th...