Avera Health

Avera has announced plans to build the state’s largest pickleball facility. The health-care provider will construct 12 outdoor courts at its Avera on Louise campus in Sioux Falls.

Surviving (or witnessing) life-threatening trauma can lead some people to develop the multi-layered symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Those symptoms can take years to unravel.

An anonymous donor is giving Avera $11 million as a gift for capital improvements. The funds are for building updates and other improvements across South Dakota and Minnesota.

"I'm telling folks to weigh their risks and understand their health conditions. I think we can have really good confidence in the recommendations from the FDA and CDC. And hopefully, with time we get more evidence to support the safety and the efficacy of the vaccines."

A partnership between Avera Research Institute and the Arkansas Children's Research Institute will study the long-term effects of COVID-19. This study is open to children and young adults under the age of 25. Amy Elliott is Chief Clinical Research Officer at Avera Research Institute.

Avera Research Institute is partnering with over 30 other research teams across the country for a project called the RECOVER network. The project will study long-term effects of COVID-19.

A new Avera behavioral health building is set to open on its 69th street campus in Sioux Falls. It will offer an expansion of services along with new services and programs. Matt Stanley, DO is a psychiatrist with Avera, and Walter Panzirer is a trustee with the Helmsley Charitable Trust.

Avera Health's Michael Elliott, MD, joins us with a South Dakota COVID update. We explore the impact of at-home COVID tests in predicting the pandemic path. We also discuss an Omicron subvariant and whether or not South Dakotans should be concerned about its impact.

Nursing students at Mount Marty University in Yankton are receiving financial support from a new partnership with Avera.

Avera Health, headquartered in Sioux Falls, is announcing a $50 million investment in its workforce.