A doctor explains how centuries of trauma and inequality led up to Native American life expectancy dropping by 6.5 years during COVID pandemic

As a Native American physician and board-certified M.D., I am all too familiar with the health challenges that Indigenous Americans face. Growing up in remote rural Alaska as a member of the …As a Native American physician and board-certified M.D., I am all too familiar with the health challenges that Indigenous Americans face. Growing up in remote rural Alaska as a member of the …