Skip to content
Link copied to clipboard
Link copied to clipboard

‘We could get wiped out’: Native Americans have the highest rates of diseases that make COVID-19 more lethal

They hastily piled all the dumbbells and treadmills in the back of a gym to make room for 23 extra hospital beds. The beds aren't needed yet, but on a reservation where residents suffer high rates of disease that exist throughout Indian Country, the Lummi Tribal Health Clinic in Washington is bracin

The Lummi Tribal Health Center. The Lummi nation quickly took steps to slow the spread of covid-19 after the first reports of the outbreak from Wuhan, China
The Lummi Tribal Health Center. The Lummi nation quickly took steps to slow the spread of covid-19 after the first reports of the outbreak from Wuhan, ChinaRead more
    by Dana Hedgpeth, Darryl Fears, and Gregory Scruggs, Washington Post
    Published