Disease

Healthcare training to minimize infectious diseases - known as Project Firstline - prepare nurses and doctors for the next outbreak. South Dakota has been recognized in their efforts to promote these efforts

In The Moment ... May 28, 2019 Show 583 Hour 1Dr. Archana Chaterjee is one of just a few pediatric infectious disease specialists in South Dakota. She's…

In The Moment ... May 9, 2019 Show 573 Hour 1Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, more commonly known as ALS, is a devastating progressive neurodegenerative…

In The Moment ... January 8, 2019 Show 490 Hour 1Mitch Zeller, head of the FDA Center for Tobacco Products, has been working on FDA related issues for…

In The Moment ... December 4, 2017 Show 232 Hour 2 Four and a half years ago, Dan Brendtro sat by his daughter's side as she was diagnosed with a rare…

A treatment developed at Sanford Research is in clinical trial to help kids with a debilitating genetic condition. The FDA fast-tracked the study in part…

This week's Images of the Past feature focuses on the history of polio treatment in South Dakota. Dr. Lon Kightlinger, South Dakota state epidemiologist,…

West Nile has killed an elderly South Dakotan. State Health Department leaders say the person lived in Yankton County and was in the age range of 80 to…

Avera is launching the first South Dakota-based study to track twins. The health organization’s Institute for Human Genetics has partnered with the…

The chief cancer control officer of the American Cancer Society is encouraging South Dakotans to get tested for colon cancer. National estimates show one…