HEALTH & BEAUTY

SWETT, S.D. — The Oglala Sioux Tribe celebrating the opening of a new residential treatment and detox building in western Bennett County. “It’s a victory…

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 90% of federal workers have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Monday’s deadline set by President…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota National Guard will deploy 400 members to reinforce nursing staffs at long-term care facilities that have been struggling with severe…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will announce the Biden administration is investing $1.5 billion from the coronavirus aid package to address the health…

RAPID CITY, S.D. — With median pay for nurses ranked lowest in the nation and pandemic burnout resulting in more than 2,500 nurses leaving the…

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s Covid-19 boosters for all adults, a move that will make boosters available…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say an estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year. That’s a total the nation has…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says about 10% of eligible kids aged 5 to 11 have received a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The union representing nearly 3,000 workers at Smithfield’s Sioux Falls plant sharply criticizing the recently-announced settlement between the pork processing company…