Later, amid the fall/winter COVID-19 surge in South Dakota, clinic staff learned how to handle more seriously ill patients than usual, brushing up their skill set.

South Dakota's state epidemiologist, Dr. Joshua Clayton, lays out what it will mean to get to an endemic state with coronavirus.

Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) says South Dakota has fared better than virtually any other state during the pandemic, but she’s talking about economics, not health.

The COVID-19 death toll throughout the pandemic is at 3,021 in South Dakota. According to Wednesday’s update to the South Dakota Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard, the deaths are up four ...

Colleges and universities across South Dakota were facing long-range financial, logistical and access challenges even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Enrollment was falling, state financial ...

South Dakota received nearly $14 billion in federal COVID-19 funding from March 2020 through January, according to an internal state fiscal report obtained exclusively by South Dakota News Watch.

This fall, months into the coronavirus pandemic, nursing homes in South Dakota have seen a larger share of residents die than any other state ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says lockdowns are 'useless' as state's COVID-19 cases soar She defended her hands-off approach to managing the pandemic.

At the worst moment of the pandemic, North Dakota and South Dakota took divergent policy paths. Since then, South Dakota's COVID-19 curve as emerged as a kind of Rorschach test for the ...

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 ...

South Dakota health officials reported all-time highs for the toll of the coronavirus on Thursday, with 13 deaths and 747 more people who tested positive. State epidemiologist Josh Clayton said ...

The COVID-19 death toll throughout the pandemic is at 3,049 in South Dakota. According to Wednesday’s update to the South Dakota Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard, the deaths are up three ...