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South Dakotans twice rejected near-total bans on abortion brought by the state legislature. However, a 2005 trigger law immediately halted most abortions in the state following a recent US Supreme Court decision overturning Roe V. Wade.We talk with Rapid City obstetrician and gynecologist Marvin Buehner, who has spent the last 30 years in women’s healthcare.
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Members of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee approved a bill requiring a meningitis vaccine for school children. Colleen Winter with the…
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For several diseases South Dakota has top childhood vaccination rates in the nation. The latest information available comes from the 2014 National…
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In December South Dakota saw its first case of measles since 1997. It was part of a Mitchell outbreak that resulted in 13 cases. An additional case…
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Diseases that were largely eradicated in the U.S. a generation ago are returning - in part because some parents aren’t letting their children get…