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The challenge of adapting our communities to climate change is complex and urgent – but taking the time to recenter our collective efforts in the needs of older adults will be effective in reducing their risk and making all of us more resilient.

When it comes to COVID-19, it is easier to separate and quarantine in a household than it is in a care facility, jail or school. Local health officials say outbreaks at facilities like these are on the rise.

Omicron is now the most common COVID-19 variant and is spreading so quickly it is not possible or fruitful to track every case.

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The Macon County Health Department continues to endorse a 14-day quarantine period for persons identified as c...

The focus of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has now fully shifted to the vaccination phase, as states across America try to get needles in the arms of as many of their residents as they can in an attempt to turn the tide on a virus that has infected nearly 29 million people and killed more than 517 thousand in the past year. According to a recent report by  Forbes magazine, South Dakota continues to be one of the states that have seen the most effective vaccine rollouts. The Mount Rushmore Sta...

D.C. Grocery Store Workers Are Eligible for the Vaccine, But Restaurant Staff Have to Wait Food service staff are included in Phase 1C of D.C.’s vaccination plan, which begins in March Share this story Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser opened up COVID-19 vaccinations to four new groups of workers this week, but customer-facing restaurant staff are still waiting for their turn despite being classified by the city as “essential” personnel througho...

The on-going COVID-19 pandemic has really taken its toll on our nation and the world.  But just when hope appeared to be fading, a vaccine was announced followed by another.  Its almost like people collectively breathed a sigh of relief. The COVID-19 vaccines that are now available to South Dakotans are the Pfizer and Moderna brands.  Based on priority and need, The South Dakota Department of Health divided residents into five distribution groups for Phase 1: Group A: Frontline Healthcare ...