Zah Urges Aid To Navajo Epidemic Inquiry
In Window Rock, tribal president urges residents to cooperate with health investigators as the mysterious illness affecting mainly young Navajos climbs to 13 deaths. U.S. Senator Domenici and CDC doctors address the epidemic, with tribal workers to assist in outreach and translation while a questionnaire is developed to track activities of the affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Murphy
Window Rock
Aziz
Tam
Peterson
Zach
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Centers For Disease’ Control and Prevention
Dementci
Cdcc
Navajo Nation
Peterson Zach
Navajo’ Nation
Window, Rock, Ariz
Loss of old ways blamed for illness in Navajo Nation
Navajo healers blame a drift from traditional life for a flu like illness affecting about 20 people on and near the reservation spanning Arizona New Mexico and Utah. Thirteen have died. elders warn media and modern life including TV fast food and MTV fuel the crisis and call for prayer and traditional corn meals.
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Church Rock
Navajo
Recenti
Gallup
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Becenti
Mother Earth
Earth
Dan Richardson
Shiprock
Donald Jackson
Dinnehotse
Richardson
Jackson
Tuba City doctors host flu call in program tonight
Local residents may ask physicians about a respiratory illness that has caused 13 deaths. The 5:30 p.m. call-in on Channel 6 will use 283-4967, with panels from Tuba City Indiana Medical Center and the hospital board. Officials stress no epidemic. 21 cases reported, 13 deaths, few new cases in five weeks.
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Mary
Wicoff Western Bureau
Tuba
City
Ariz
Tuba City
Indiana Medical Center
Health Board
Mark Carroll
Kghr-Radio
Joe Bahe
Tuba -City
Arizona Department of _ Health
Bahe
Carroll
Dudley Beck
Marie Morales
Channel 6
Beck
Mystery flu chills Four Corners tourism amid unknown disease
Tourism in the Four Corners region fell after national exposure to a mysterious respiratory illness that has caused 13 deaths. Officials report 20 confirmed cases under investigation, with 14 in New Mexico and six in Arizona. Local business leaders note cancellations and reduced park attendance, while experts seek answers about transmission and cause.
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Chris Murphy
Gallup
Four Corners
Donald Hubbard
Window Rock
Ariz
New Mexico
Arizona
David Ruiz
T.M. Sundaram
Bill O'Neil
OB Enterprises
Firefighters Learn High Angle Rescue Techniques
Gallup Firefighters train in High Angle Rescue at Station One and Red Rock State Park. Twenty rescuers practice knots and equipment, rappel from cliffs, and raise and lower a mock patient, aiming for certification though budget limits delay academy attendance.
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Albert Martinez
Gallup
Red Rock State Park
Gallup Mire Department
Station One
Ed Armijo
Mike Sae
Maryland
Armijo
Gallup Fire Department
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