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South Dakota has more children in foster care than foster families licensed to care for them. Two young women who aged out of the foster system share their stories, and two current foster families talk about the dire need.
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The Rapid City Care Campus sees serious usage for a key population in need of support.
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Our On Call with the Prairie Doc® conversation dives into simple things you can do for better skin health. Dr. Kelly Evans-Hullinger says most people can skip the expensive products.
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Long COVID is a collection of symptoms that hit every patient differently. Jeremy Cauwels, MD, Sanford Health's chief physician, gives us an update.
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State officials say South Dakota is in need of more people to help foster children. South Dakota Focus spoke to two families about the system, the challenges and what it will take to get more people involved.
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Registered nurses are in short supply in South Dakota. Now, Dakota Wesleyan is entering a public-private partnership to fill that gap.
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Debra Johnston, MD, shares what the pediatric intensive care unit she trained in looked like and how these units — and the patients in them — have changed.
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Shelly Ten Napel, chief executive officer of the Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas, shares her case for being pro-work and anti-work-requirements.
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Matt Althoff, secretary of the Department of Social Services, shares historic changes to South Dakota's Medicaid rolls.
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Rana Awdish, MD, learned how to be a doctor from her formal medical training and from her medical emergency. She discusses bringing compassion and empathy to medicine.
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Researchers & health experts will gather April 16-17 for a community symposium. Avera's Christine Hockett Ph.D. and Missouri Breaks' Raeann Mettler, Ph.D. preview the event.
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Every year, the Alzheimer's Association releases a report about the prevalence and impacts of Alzheimer's disease. We break down South Dakota's data with Lisa Groon.