Health

Total 148 Posts

How nonprofits are teaming up to fight hunger in South Dakota

113,000 South Dakotans in 2023 were considered food insecure, and South Dakota Healthy Nutrition Collaborative aims to fix that.

Medicaid cuts in federal budget could hit rural health hard in SD

While the full effects aren't yet known, rural health providers expect bad news and potentially ominous outcomes. "It could lead to people being more sick and also some more people dying before they would otherwise."

A cop with a secret

"I don't care if 50 people read this story and 49 think ‘What a loser.’”

Cuts in federal funding for food will hurt pantries and producers

USDA spokesperson says cutting roughly $1 billion in federal funding for locally grown food for schools and charities signals "a return to long-term, fiscally responsible initiatives."

Bird flu in SD: Millions of birds dead, worry shifting to humans

Turkeys, cattle, cats and pheasants in South Dakota have been infected with bird flu. Scientists worry: Is a large human outbreak next? South Dakota is second in the nation for bird flu outbreaks at commercial poultry farms and an infection at a pheasant farm that led to the death of 30,000 birds.

Sturgis military event reveals division among SD veterans

How a ceremony meant to honor veterans exposed tensions within the South Dakota military community.

South Dakota schools hit hard by infectious diseases

The state is on pace to set a record for cases and is already at a historic high in hospitalizations from influenza.
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