Through the USDA Food and Nutrition Services, Cherokee Nation has been providing supplemental nutrition for women, infants and children for more than 40 years through WIC services.
During the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council’s August health committee meeting, the tribe’s senior director of public health touched on newer services provided for eligible citizens in the Women, Infant and
Leaders from the Cherokee Nation’s health system touched on the current state of COVID-19 and the national baby formula shortage during the Tribal Council’s monthly Health Committee meeting.
Medical experts say COVID-19 cases within the Cherokee Nation’s health system have plummeted since mid-January when they spiked to an average of 766 per day.