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RAPID CITY, S.D. – A partnership with vision has finally come to completion with the opening of a new Veterans Affairs medical facility in Rapid City. The grand opening for the Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) is Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 1:00p.m. Veterans and the public are encouraged to attend. The building of the […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Veteran health care in the Black Hills continues to evolve. Facilities in Sturgis and Hot Springs, SD continue to buck the trend of VA health facility closures while new Veterans Affairs medical facilities are being built – including one in Rapid City. The most recent is construction on a nearly 50,000 […]
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A new report found more than half of transgender youth in the U.S. have lost — or are at risk of losing — access to gender-affirming health care. With South Dakota among the states enacting bans, some families might be looking east to seek out options. Minnesota recently adopted a so-called “trans refuge” law, […]
STURGIS, S.D. – When an opportunity to apply for a pilot program in telemedicine designed for ambulances became available, Shawn Fisher with the Sturgis Ambulance Service was among the first to apply. The technology connects doctors and nurses to EMS personnel in real time to ensure patients receive the most appropriate care as quickly as […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed a bill on Monday that prohibits gender-affirming care for transgender people under the age of 18. South Dakota is among more than two dozen conservative states considering similar measures this year. HB 1080 is called the “Help Not Harm” Bill by proponents. When it takes effect July […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Over 20 pharmacies have closed across South Dakota since 2018. And over 55% of the state’s counties either lack a pharmacy or only have one. The industry is facing a pharmacy technician shortage, and a looming pharmacist shortage. South Dakota pharmacists believe a bill that would provide more transparency in prescription drug pricing by […]
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota lawmakers in the House Health and Services Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill along party lines that would ban certain health care for transgender kids in the state. House Bill 1080, which supporters call the “Help not Harm” bill, would prohibit certain types of care for transgender minors in South […]
SIOUX FALLS, SD – Combat veterans in South Dakota are encouraged by new legislation in Congress to expand treatment and benefits for soldiers exposed to toxic burn pits during deployment overseas, but questions remain about the federal government’s ability to effectively provide the needed health care. Those questions partly explain why Republican senators John Thune […]
BISMARCK, N.D. – Amid a COVID-19 resurgence, advocates are calling on nursing homes to require that all staff members get vaccinated. Both nationally and in North Dakota, a nonprofit tracking the latest data says there haven’t been enough workers getting on board. The latest COVID-19 dashboard from AARP shows that in North Dakota, only 24% of […]
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