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Legislative special session likely needed to redo state budget due to COVID-19 pandemic
The South Dakota Legislature will likely hold a special session by the end of June to address financial uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and to potentially remake the coming year’s spending plan passed earlier this month, legislative fiscal leaders say.
Members of the Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee
Experts: SD health care system could be overwhelmed if COVID-19 takes hold
If the COVID-19 pandemic grows rapidly in South Dakota — as it has in other states and nations — the state’s hospital systems are likely to be quickly overwhelmed, according to medical experts in South Dakota and elsewhere.
It is unknown if the state has enough ventilators or intensive-care beds, and
Sioux Falls biotech firm rushing to develop coronavirus treatment
A Sioux Falls company — with its team of scientists and a herd of genetically engineered cows — is working quickly to develop and produce an effective treatment for people infected with the coronavirus.
SAb Biotherapeutics has emerged as a major player in the effort to generate a viable antidote to the
Effort begins to reduce risk of death of SD mothers during childbirth
New or expectant mothers in South Dakota — and across the United States — are dying during or after childbirth at higher rates than in nearly every other industrialized nation, and evidence suggests as many as 60% of maternal deaths are preventable.
Nine mothers in South Dakota died in 2018 within a
Human health, environmental and antibiotic concerns follow CAFO development
A growing body of research into the rising number of concentrated animal feeding operations across the United States reveals deepening concerns over impacts on human health and the environment.
The high concentration of manure and other wastes created by animals housed in confined areas — and the storage and spreading of
Rural doctor shortage in SD worsened by lack of physician training opportunities
A widespread shortage of primary care physicians in rural South Dakota is putting many of the state’s residents in danger of not being able to access the regular, preventive healthcare they need to live healthier lives. The shortage is being driven, in part, by a lack of post-graduate training
New midwife certification in SD allows home births with less education and clinical training
Legislation passed in 2017 in South Dakota opened the door to licensing of a new classification of “professional midwives,” who can become certified to perform home births with less training and education than “nurse midwives” who have been regulated in South Dakota for 40 years.
While midwives with the new