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Following debate over spending authority, the executive branch urged the Joint Appropriations Committee to keep the time-sensitive Rural Health Transformation Program process moving.
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Advocates say COVID proved it’s possible, at least in the short term, to provide free lunches to all public schoolchildren. Now, some lawmakers say expanding free lunches is less of a financial burden to the state than you may expect.
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With a grant from Avera, Lake Area Technical College is expanding and upgrading its Capital City Campus nursing simulation lab.
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Despite a low response rate, the Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment says the survey yielded useful information for advocates and stakeholders in early childhood development.
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Avera has screening procedures in place to alert current patients who might be eligible to participate in a new clinical trial.
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They say the holidays are more about giving than receiving, but that’s especially true for blood donations. The Red Cross says this December marks another month of a short blood supply.
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KFF Health News reporter Arielle Zionts explains how South Dakota compares with national approaches to the Rural Health Transformation Program.
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President Trump has signed an executive order changing Marijuana’s federal classification. The drug moves from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug.
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A Butte County resident with a confirmed case of measles was at the airport the morning of Dec. 10 while infectious.
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In an age of increased vaccine skepticism, doctors from the state Medical Association are expressing concern for future health outcomes.
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Nearly 1 in 4 people in Huron, South Dakota, are below the federal poverty line according to the Huron Salvation Army.
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One of the state’s most prominent youth treatment and foster care programs plans to acquire more resources for their clients.