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Beyond Access: Reclaiming Data Sovereignty to Strengthen Public Health Outcomes

February 5, 2026

Abstract: Public health data are the foundation of responsible governance, shaping decisions about funding, policy, and disease surveillance and prevention. Yet, for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities, public health systems have often underreported the true burden of disease on tribal lands leading to chronic underinvestment in workforce and infrastructure. These data gaps promote invisibility of AI/AN health disparities...

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Seeds of my People

December 3, 2025

In the soils of these lands, I am my ancestors, In the soils of these lands, I am fed beyond my stomach, In the soils of these lands, I am connected to the balance that is me, In the soils of these lands, I am the beat of Mother Earth’s heart. Food sovereignty, it continues to be the war on...

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Wastewater Epidemiology and Surveillance within Marginalized Communities

September 29, 2025

What is Wastewater surveillance? Wastewater surveillance is an innovative tool in public health that involves analyzing wastewater to monitor the presence of pathogens, chemicals, and genetic material in a population. This approach gained widespread recognition during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019–2022) when it became a key method for tracking SARS-CoV-2 shedding in human waste. By detecting viral particles from both symptomatic...

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