Health

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HealthJun 28, 2025

Takeaways from interviews with families forever changed by diseases that vaccines can prevent

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America

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HealthJan 17, 2024

South Dakota House passes bill that would make the animal sedative xylazine a controlled substance

The South Dakota House has passed a bill that would make xylazine a controlled substance

HealthFeb 13, 2023

South Dakota governor signs trans youth health care ban

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has signed bill that prohibits gender-affirming care for transgender people under the age of 18

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HealthJan 31, 2023

S. Dakota lawmakers push bill to bar transgender youth care

Republican state Rep. Bethany Soye’s bill that would restrict healthcare to transgender individuals below the age of 18 passed through a House committee on health and human services Tuesday morning with a dominant vote, joining at least 18 other states with similar legislation

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PoliticsJan 26, 2023

S. Dakota Senate suspends lawmaker after vaccine exchange

The South Dakota Senate has suspended a Republican state senator in a rare move that stripped her of legislative power while keeping the allegations against her a secret

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HealthJan 24, 2023

South Dakota Gov. Noem threatens charges for abortion pills

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, along with the state’s Republican attorney general, say the state will prosecute pharmacists who dispense abortion-inducing pills

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PoliticsJan 17, 2023

South Dakota GOP lawmakers push trans youth health care ban

A group of South Dakota Republican lawmakers are pushing a bill to outlaw gender-affirming health care for transgender youth

HealthJan 4, 2023

County snow plow driver dies while clearing road

A Minnehaha County snow plow driver has died while clearing a road

HealthDec 22, 2022

Noem appoints new health secretary

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has appointed the owner of a South Dakota health clinic company to lead the state’s Department of Health following the retirement of the previous secretary of health earlier this week