The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is officially back on track as one of the Top 10 Healthiest Employers in the Valley in 2020 and 2021, according to the Phoenix Business Journal. WellPath, the Community’s wellness program, ranked No. 9 in the Phoenix market’s list of large employers for 2021. The Community was also previously […]

After a significant rise in active cases of COVID-19 in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community as of January 21, with 537 total cases and eight people hospitalized, the number of active cases dramatically decreased just over a week later to a total of 166, with three people hospitalized, on February 2. As of February […]

Diabetes Prevention Services of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community started off February with a two-day seminar on calcium and bone health held on February 1 and 2. The seminar was presented virtually through Zoom.  On the first day of the seminar, Community Health Educator Tara John discussed the benefits of calcium, how to identify […]

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, and Health and Human Services Prevention and Intervention Services of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is holding a number of workshops to help educate teens and their parents on teen dating violence issues. Community Health Educator Vurlene Notsinneh-Bowekaty will be providing three Zoom workshops, Healthy Teen Dating: […]

On December 8, in an effort to re-evaluate the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s legal position regarding medical marijuana, and also possibly recreational marijuana, the Community Council, in a vote of 8-2, passed a medical marijuana proclamation that temporarily suspends any prosecution involving possession of marijuana for medical use by adults. The proclamation provides policy […]

With the spike in COVID-19 cases around the United States due to the highly contagious omicron variant, public health experts are again emphasizing the importance of wearing a mask to protect yourself and others from the virus. The N95 mask is recommended, but unfortunately there are counterfeit N95 masks out there. So how do you […]

With COVID-19 cases reaching new heights in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and in the U.S. as a whole, O’odham Action News reached out to Community members and the SRPMIC Health and Human Services (HHS) Department to get a better understanding of what this next phase in the pandemic is looking like. In a […]

At the start of the new year, the Biden-Harris Administration brought two new over-the-counter, at-home COVID-19 tests to the U.S. market. These non-prescription tests help detect nucleocapsid protein antigen from SARS-CoV-2 with a self-collected anterior nasal swab sample.  These tests can come in handy if you want to be sure you do not have the […]