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Jordyn Henderson/SDPBIn an era when more rural hospitals close than open, USD is hoping to create more opportunity, and doctors, for smaller communities. -
Jackson Dircks/SDPBThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website said there will be no benefits issued for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, beginning in November if the government shutdown hasn’t ended. That has some food banks worried about the impact on recipients in South Dakota.
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Avera Health announces the organization is ending its participation in the Aetna Medicare Advantage Network. They say issues within the network are hurting their patient’s experience. -
Peter Lengkeek, Chairman of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, is calling on USDA leadership to protect funding of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and programs for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC. -
A collaboration between Dakota State University and LifeScape is aimed at developing innovative clothing to protect workers with a common material: plastic. -
At the 2025 Sanford Rural Health Summit panelists and healthcare professionals had conversations about the future of rural healthcare access across South Dakota and the country. -
Rapid City officials are questioning how to use a multi-million-dollar settlement related to generic opioids. One alderman says now is the time to build a plan. -
Three mental health and healing organizations in the state are consolidating to create a single integrated healing agency. -
After announcing plans to consolidate the USD Sanford School of Medicine to Sioux Falls, university officials tell the Board of Regents the response has been largely positive. -
South Dakota State and Black Hills State Universities are teaming up to create a new nursing education space at the Rapid City BHSU campus. -
For farmers, the implications to their government-sponsored health insurance are another worry brought on by a government shutdown. -
With the announced closure of Corsica’s Good Samaritan Society, many are wondering what’s to come for long term care in South Dakota.
