Thyroid-related tests were performed over a six-month period that ended in February.

The deal comes two months before Oklahoma’s lawsuit against Purdue Pharma and other drug companies was set to go to trial.

Starter care kits were created with eco-friendly feminine hygiene and self-care products for distribution throughout the Cherokee Nation.

Several states have filed lawsuits against drugmakers, but Oklahoma’s was the first set to go to trial on May 28.

“Some physical activity is better than none,” the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases suggests.

Health officials are giving away one tablet per family who is new to enrolling in SoonerCare or within 30 days of their expiration to re-enroll.

Residents are expected to live an average of 56.3 years, 22.5 years lower than the national average, according to the Centers of Disease Control.

Levels have reached a less than one-day supply. Typically, the Oklahoma Blood Institute maintains a three- to five-day supply for local hospitals.

TAHLEQUAH – The Cherokee Nation held the first of a series of health recruitment fairs on Feb. 19 at the Cherokee Nation Ballroom in order to fill more than 60 new positions for the tribe’s 469,000-square-foot outpatient health center on the W.W. Hastings campus in Tahlequah.

“Many of the positions must be filled six months before the health facility opens later this year,” said Economic Development Manager Hunter Palmer. “Physicians, lab technicians, biomedical engineering technicians, facilities and grounds laborers and more positions are now open.”

CN Health Services and CN Career Services will host additional health recruitment fairs throughout the 14 counties in the near future.?? Applicants are asked to bring their resumes. ?

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – State lawmakers are considering a bill that would use Medicaid expansion funds to boost Oklahoma's private-insurance subsidy program.

Insure Oklahoma provides health coverage for low-income, working residents or Oklahomans who don't have employer-provided benefits.

The measure would require the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the state's Medicaid agency, to seek federal approval for a waiver to expand Insure Oklahoma. A Senate Committee approved the proposal Monday.

It’s the first tribal program in Oklahoma to have received Centers for Disease Control full-recognition status.