Avera Health

In The Moment … January 4th, 2021 Show 965 Hour 1The suicide rate for kids ages 10 through 14 has more than doubled from 1999 to 2018 nationwide,…

Avera is building a four-story addition to its Behavioral Health Center in Sioux Falls. It will include a 24-hour emergency psychiatric unit and…

In The Moment … December 7, 2020 Show 955 Hour 2South Dakota's confirmed COVID-19 numbers have been trending down, but the state is still among the places…

In a normal year, fall is a busy season for Sioux Falls hospitals. This year, they’re struggling under the added weight of COVID-19. Local hospital…

The state’s three major health systems and more than two dozen other organizations are partnering to promote masks as a prevention measure against…

North Dakota is asking people to conduct their own contact tracing as the state’s Department of Health is overwhelmed with new COVID-19 cases.Here in…

COVID-19 case counts and hospitalization rates in the Sioux Falls area are continuing to rise. Representatives from Sanford and Avera say they need the…

Dr. David Basel is Vice President of Clinical Quality with Avera Medical Group. He talked with SDPB's Jackie Hendry about the system's COVID-19 response…

In The Moment … October 1, 2020 Show 914 Hour 1The Avera Research Institute Center for Pediatric and Community Research has received a $1.9 million grant…

Local health providers say individual hospital capacity is not the best metric for gauging responses to COVID-19. After reports of deferred patients…