January 26, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 80) • Page Image 3
…I Native American health improves By JIM PONIEWOZIK Health care for N a t i v e Americans has markedly improved over the past several years, but there is still room for progress, said U.S. Assistant Surgeon General Richard Church at a speech in the C.C. Little Building yesterday afternoon. "In a lot of areas, the health status (of Native Americans living on or near reservations) has been pretty bad," said Church in an interview before his spe...…