Mystery flu fades uncertainly in Four Corners region
The so called mystery flu, linked to ARDS, may be fading as local officials report no confirmed cases since Friday night. Ten deaths, 11 total fatalities among 18 victims, mostly near the Navajo Reservation, with eight in New Mexico and three in Arizona. Officials criticize data secrecy while noting the illness has affected Native Americans, Anglos, and a Hispanic. The boy died after transfer to University Hospital, Albuquerque.
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Ted Rushton
Gallup
Four Corners
Tim Fleming
Gallup Indian Medical Center
Bernice Brewer
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital
University Hospital
Albuquerque
Navajo Reservation
New Mexico
Arizona
Disease mystery narrows as investigators target cause
Investigators from the New Mexico Department of Health Indian Health Service and the CDC are narrowing down a fatal mystery illness on or near the Navajo Reservation. They list 18 definite cases with 5 possible and 4 questionable, noting most victims live locally. DNA testing may yield results soon while field interviews probe contacts, remedies, chemicals, animals, and drug use.
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Partment of Health
Indian Health Service
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Simpson
New Mexico
Jim ‘Cheek
IHS
Jay Butler
CDC
Virus may be cause of mystery illness near Navajo Nation
Doctors and public health officials suspect a fast moving flu like illness that has killed several people living near the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico Arizona and Utah. They say standard bacterial fungal and parasitic infections have been ruled out and deny links to AIDS or Legionnaires disease. The illness appears to strike young healthy adults and may be caused by a virus. Page 2.
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Edith Umland
State’s Department, of Health
Albuquerque
Ron Voorhees
Navajo Reservation
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Simpson cosponsors gambling bill in Wyoming fight
U S Sen Alan Simpson and other Western lawmakers back a proposal to place tribal gaming under state authority while preserving tribal sovereignty. Prime sponsor Sen Harry Reid argues the bill limits illegal reservation casinos, while opponents like Rick Hill of the National Indian Gaming Association decry it as protecting commercial gaming over tribal rights.
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Associated Press
Casper
Wyo
U.S
Alan Simpson
Simpson
Harry Reid
Nevada
Wyoming
Rick Hill
National Indian Gaming Association
Donald Trump
Trump
Hig
Aoa Hill
Casper Star Tribune
Washington, D.C
Chinle High grads urged to pursue dreams at ceremony
Chinle High School honored 220 graduates at a standing room only graduation in Wildcat stadium. Speakers urged the class to imagine and become their future, stressing Navajo Nation service and cultural survival, with valedictorian Kevin Maddoux and salutatorian Jeremy Barlow presenting eight Chief Manuelito Scholarships to Navajo students including Delyssa Begay and Jennifer Belinte.
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Rep. English
Gentry-Lewis
Joe Martin
Chinle Unified School District
Europe
Martin
Kevin Maddoux
Jeremy Barlow
Manuel
Bataan Death March survivor honored in Memorial Day ceremony
Zuni honors Edward Beyuka the only living Bataan survivor with MacArthur Medal. Lunasee and Cheama posthumously receive MacArthur Medals for service in the 200th Coast Artillery. Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier honors prisoners of war and those who died in the death camp ordeal.
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ZUNI
Philippines
Edward A. Beyuka
Bataan
Wdgar Lunasee
Ernest Cheama
Beyuka
Wato
Lunasee
Cheama
200Th Coast Artillery
New Mexico Army National Guard
Corregidor
Col. Fox
31St
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Fox
MacArthur
Boyuka
Harlan Coonsis
Garvey Carruthers
Coonsis
Tamara Viles
Celia Lunasee
McArthur
Edgar Lunasee
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