"Right now, I would consider us to be in the delta wave of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.” If immunity is a key to reaching an endemical state, South Dakota might have a ways to go.

COVID-19 in South Dakota: 171 total new cases; Death … Dr. Clayton said the future of the pandemic comes down to how many people receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Child protection advocates are worried that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a spike in child-abuse cases in South Dakota and that the abuse of children was more severe than in the past.

State health officials and health system leaders are now familiar faces of the pandemic response in South Dakota, ... What lessons has the state learned from COVID-19? Vaccine Tracker ...

South Dakota gripped by pandemic as governor resists mask mandate 01:32. South Dakota has reported more COVID-19 deaths per capita over the last week than anywhere else in the country, and it has ...

South Dakota received $1.25 billion in federal funds through the CARES Act to provide some relief for those hurt by the pandemic. While Noem has marked hundreds of millions for local and state ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit South Dakota restaurants harder than just about any other industry in the state. Six months into the pandemic, with the state economy mostly open for business, ...

South Dakota may be past the worst of this COVID-19 surge. New coronavirus cases in the state are on the wane; vaccines are perhaps weeks away for nursing home residents at Tieszen and elsewhere. All ...

In 26th place, South Dakota came in right in the middle of the pack for pandemic-related deaths per 100,000 people with 14, according to health care business website Becker’s Hospital Review ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem claimed in a Fox News interview on Tuesday that, thanks to her state’s “unique” approach to the coronavirus pandemic, they “got through it better than ...

PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) - South Dakotans who rely on food stamps missed out on $100 million for groceries because the state declared an end to the COVID-19 emergency while federal ...