Health/Medical

The second ad, entitled “Debt,” is a story of a leukemia patient who tells her story of how she faced cancer treatment without access to insurance.

Forget the "big city" argument; fentanyl is just as much a problem in Rapid City as a major metropolitan area.

How to prepare for flu season this year.

Rapid City's Monument Health Heart and Vascular Institute is the first to try a new medical device.

A New Way to Include Mushrooms in your Diet

Afib is the most common heart rhythm problem we see in practice, affecting one in four adults over 40.

Despite recent back surgery, Gov. Kristi Noem says she will continue to work.

At the start of every school year there is a spike in child headaches.

“Illicitly manufactured fentanyl is supercharging this epidemic. We need help from leaders across sectors to combat this public health crisis," said Dr. Mukkamala.

A Rapid City clinic has been invited to participate in an mRNA flu vaccination study.

The South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) and the state Department of Health teamed up to launch “Avoid Opioid.” The website offers resources to those struggling with addiction, their loved ones, and providers treating those struggling with opioid use.

It is National Better Breakfast Month and Dr. Larson shares tips on how kids could be eating healthier.

Diabetes is a serious disease and one of the more common health conditions in the U.S. and as the prevalence of the disease rises, so, too, does the number of people who suffer from diabetic neuropathy.

Monkeypox has made its way to Wyoming.

This is the first in a series of articles based on a July 2022 statewide poll conducted by South Dakota News Watch and the Chiesman Center for Democracy at the University of South Dakota, and is the latest segment in the ongoing “South Dakota Matters” series of polls and panel discussions hosted by News Watch.

A research team at South Dakota Mines hunts for way to reverse breast cancer.

Wyoming Department of Health: limited monkeypox vaccines are available.

Voters will be asked to determine whether women have more rights concerning abortion than the state of South Dakota.

MNV cases reported in Minnehaha and Spink Counties.

Tribal Nations across South Dakota are putting their weight behind an upcoming ballot initiative that they say will make affordable healthcare available to South Dakotans.

Monkeypox can spread when a person comes into contact with the virus by having direct contact with the infectious rash, scabs, or body fluids.

Heed the warnings and skip the ER this 4th of July.

State lawmakers in South Dakota passed what’s called a ‘trigger ban’ in 2005. This means abortion immediately became illegal in the state once the decision from the court was made.

The decision has many people wondering what other precedents the Court will strike down.

Business is booming for Pine Ridge's first recreational cannabis dispensary

WIC is now available with updated income guidelines.

Children as young as 6 month old are now eligible for COVID shots.

These are the top 50 counties with highest COVID-19 infection rates in South Dakota

Striking at any moment a stroke can have major effects on a person’s everyday ability.

Across the nation sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise and right here in South Dakota, syphilis has jumped nearly 2,144% this year.