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Child protection advocates are worried that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a spike in child abuse cases in South Dakota.
Later, amid the fall/winter COVID-19 surge in South Dakota, clinic staff learned how to handle more seriously ill patients than usual, brushing up their skill set.
South Dakota's state epidemiologist, Dr. Joshua Clayton, lays out what it will mean to get to an endemic state with coronavirus.
Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) says South Dakota has fared better than virtually any other state during the pandemic, but she’s talking about economics, not health.
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit South Dakota restaurants harder than just about any other industry in the state.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — State health officials and healthcare representatives said the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in the hands of the public. Forming a united front, Secretary o… ...
South Dakota has reported more COVID-19 deaths per capita over the last week than anywhere else in the country, and it has the highest per capita rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations. In Sioux Falls ...
South Dakota South Dakota unemployment rate drops below pre-pandemic levels, Gov. Noem announces The state has also carried one of the worst COVID-19 infection rates in the country ...
This fall, months into the coronavirus pandemic, nursing homes in South Dakota have seen a larger share of residents die than any other state ...
South Dakota received nearly $14 billion in federal COVID-19 funding from March 2020 through January, according to an internal state fiscal report obtained exclusively by South Dakota News Watch.
PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) - South Dakotans who rely on food stamps missed out on $100 million for groceries because the state declared an end to the COVID-19 emergency while federal ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit South Dakota restaurants harder than just about any other industry in the state. Six months into the pandemic, with the state economy mostly open for business ...