Dakota Wesleyan University is launching a new nursing program in Sioux Falls.

With the severity of opioid addiction well known, South Dakota lawmakers are assessing how to best manage the powerful painkillers. Namely, potential new provisions relating to treatment using the substance.

A legislative effort to repeal South Dakota’s voter-approved medical marijuana program falls short in committee.

South Dakota lawmakers are killing a bill prohibiting health care providers from reporting debt to credit agencies.

South Dakota lawmakers are advancing one measure aimed at easing medical debt while rejecting another.

The South Dakota senate is narrowly passing a bill to reduce the state’s felony ingestion law. South Dakota is the only state in the country with a felony charge for ingestion of a controlled substance.

Aberdeen Republican Rep. Al Novstrup is the primary sponsor. He said the bill will clamp down on access to medicinal products, describing the change as quote “minor but major.”

The South Dakota Department of Health is confirming a child death due to a co-infection of pertussis and influenza.

After Medicaid Expansion was put into the state constitution by voters, many thought that was the end of the battle. Potential changes in DC, however, is prompting a legislative effort to tighten South Dakota’s Medicaid rules.

South Dakota’s DUI rate is well over 160% above the national average, according to a new report. As a result, advocates have a message to the public – enjoy yourself safely in 2025.