South Dakota Department of Health

An interim study committee examining the critical issues impacting Emergency Medical Services in South Dakota held its first meeting in Pierre this week.

The state Department of Health is updating income guidelines for the Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, program.

State health officials say they’ve detected the West Nile virus in South Dakota for the first time this season.

With vaccine skepticism at a high, public trust in health care instructions is also hit in turn. However, many in the health care community want concerned families to slow down and consider the local connection to the practice.

The Department of Health is holding a series of public vaccination clinics in response to newly confirmed cases of measles in South Dakota.

Syphilis rates in South Dakota have dropped sharply following a public health effort from the state Department of Health.

South Dakota’s first case of measles in 2025 has been confirmed in a Meade County individual.

A former state employee is facing fraud charges after authorities say she falsified her own medical marijuana card.

A new state Department of Health report is highlighting concern over the spread of highly-infectious diseases like measles. This comes amid an increase in skepticism over vaccines.

The state Department of Health issues a couple advisories following a sampling program designed to assess the safety of fish consumption.