After admitting that it had been including neonatal intensive care unit beds in its count of hospital beds available midst the coronavirus pandemic, the state…
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Sanford and Avera hospitals are reaching the breaking point under the uncontrolled crush of coronavirus cases: “We are not in a good place right now…
South Dakota reported yesterday that coronavirus cases are taking up 607 hospital beds and 100 intensive care unit (ICU) beds. That’s 22% of our hospital…
Governor Kristi Noem claims that South Dakota is “an example to the nation” in how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Our example isn’t exactly…
Governor Kristi Noem bragged Monday to the Legislature that she has kept coronavirus cases from overloading South Dakota’s hospitals. Evidently part of her strategy for…
On July 30, Dr. Jennifer Olson went to the Brookings School board meeting and violated her Hippocratic Oath and joined Governor Kristi Noem in discouraging…
Remdesivir appears to help some people recover faster and not die from coronavirus. How much is that worth to you? Based on an estimated cost…
I remain fascinated at the fact that, so far in South Dakota, the biggest problem our hospitals have faced is not too many patients but…
Twelve days ago, when Governor Kristi Noem said “up to 30 percent of our population could get sick” with coronavirus, I calculated from CDC figures…
We were driving back into northwest Aberdeen Sunday from our family walk out at Mina Lake when my wife noticed the empty parking lot at…