Pandemic Chronicles: Echos of History in the COVID-19 Response for the Navajo Nation

During the Cold War, hundreds of Navajos developed cancer and respiratory illness as a result of uranium mining and nearby nuclear testing. Now, once again, a respiratory illness is ravaging the Navajo Nation: COVID-19.

By Marina Favaro

July 15, 2020

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