WASHINGTON – Oklahoma’s medical professionals are warning that rural hospitals across the state are facing unprecedented financial cuts and could force some to close.
Last year’s One Big Beautiful...
WASHINGTON—Native Americans secured exemptions from new Medicaid work requirements and stepped-up eligibility checks under President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” a move tribal leaders...
In an unusual step, The Oklahoma State Department of health has issued their second public exposure notice- this time, for the Oklahoma Children's Hospital at OU Health.
On March 31, the department...
Fifty-one percent of the state of Oklahoma is classified as a maternity care desert, or an area without a single birthing facility or obstetric clinician. This statistic makes Oklahoma’s rate of maternity...
Joe Biden was vice president when a public health crisis exploded in Flint, Michigan, over drinking water contaminated by lead leaching from the water distribution lines into every home and school.
Now...
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma State Board of Health has formed a maternal health and obstetrician desert subcommittee to combat maternity care deserts, or areas physically inaccessible to maternity...
The story of Choctaw citizen Clayton Clark’s opioid addiction begins with a compressed disc, and pirouettes into a tale of devastation and loss.
After sustaining a back injury from moving furniture,...
WASHINGTON – Medical marijuana is a booming industry in Oklahoma with over 12,000 marijuana business licenses issued.
The state was once renowned as a grower’s paradise with few regulations. But...
WASHINGTON — Advocates said the billions in aid slated for Native Americans under the latest COVID-19 relief bill is welcome, but they told a House committee that a one-shot infusion will not solve all...
The Oklahoma National Guard’s Joint Task Force for COVID is helping to distribute vaccines — a job that is taking the complete devotion of all 152 members.
Since the pandemic started, the task...
WASHINGTON — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt spent the past two days begging for more federal money to help the state recover from a historic winter storm.
“This has been an important trip because I wanted...
Oklahoma is pushing ahead with its COVID-19 vaccination drive despite severe winter storms that left thousands of people stranded in their homes and some without electricity and running water.
And the...
