November
November 30 - Training scheduled for cooling tower operators on Legionella
November 29 - Health officials offer winter safety tips
November 29 - Statewide step challenge walkers circle the earth
November 21 - Schools get help tracking child obesity
November 18 - Healthy Hunter campaign announces GPS winners
November 17 - Health Systems Announce Tobacco-Free Initiative
November 15 - Distribution delays slow vaccine supply; doses starting to increase
November 14 - State awards rural hospitals $204,767
November 4 - Additional cases of Legionnaires’ reported, linked to source;
Two more educational sessions planned
November 2 - State plans for pandemic flu
October
October 29 - Health Department identifies a source in Legionellosis outbreak
October 28 - South Dakota detects first influenza of season
October 20 - Flu vaccine available in state; health officials urge flu shots for high risk
October 11 - Two additional Legionnaires’ cases reported; October 26 educational session planned for cooling tower operators
September
September 29 - South Dakota reports second WNV death of year
September 29 - Cancer screening program reaches 9,000 mark as Breast Cancer Awareness Month approaches
September 29 - HealthySD.gov offers statewide step challenge
September 22 - South Dakota West Nile cases at 254
September 21 - State launches Healthy Hunter campaign
September 16 - South Dakota reports more West Nile cases
September 14 - Health department offers recommendations for preventing Hantavirus
September 7 - Additional West Nile cases reported
September 2 - Tenth Legionnaires’ case reported in Rapid City
September 2 - West Nile detections reach 185
August
August 31 - West Nile detections reported
August 29 - Take action against obesity epidemic during National 5 A Day Month
August 26 - West Nile illness increases in South Dakota
August 24 - Legionnaires’ sampling continues in Rapid City; ninth case reported
August 24 - More West Nile cases reported
August 19 - South Dakota reports first West Nile associated death
August 17 - Additional Legionnaires' case reported
August 17 - South Dakota’s human West Nile detections top 40
August 10 - West Nile detections reach 35
August 3 - More West Nile detections reported
July
July 27 - Nine human West Nile detections reported
July 26 - South Dakota child immunization tops national rate
July 22 - Meningitis immunization recommended for college students, adolescents
July 21 - Dr. Robert Hayes Building dedicated
July 20- Human West Nile detections reach eight
July 15 - South Dakota HIV rate up
July 15 - Department promotes feeding other foods while breastfeeding is continued
July 14 - Fifth human West Nile case reported
July 8 - West Nile positive mosquitoes detected in additional counties
July 6 - State launches hospital pricing web site
June
June 28 - West Nile cases reach four
June 24 - South Dakota reports two human West Nile cases
June 24 - SD Department of Health and Sioux Falls Health Department report state’s first West Nile detection
June 20 - State announces new process for obtaining South Dakota vital records
June 13 - Governor Rounds unveils cancer control plan for SD; public invited to attend
June 6 - Take steps to prevent West Nile Virus
June 3 - Prevent recreational water illness this summer
May
May 31 - World No Tobacco Day Brings a Second Chance for Quitting
May 16 - State’s newborn screening program expands testing
May 13 - Recruitment incentive program accepting applications for health professionals
May 10 - Governor announces $476,000 in mosquito control grants
May 6 - HealthySD.gov offers interactive health journal
May 6 - Risk of tick-borne illness increases in spring
April
April 29 - Dentist recruitment program expands
April 26 - Number of overweight kids in South Dakota drops slightly
April 18 - South Dakota’s child immunization tops national rate
April 13 - South Dakota animal rabies decrease in 2004
April 13 - SD tobacco QuitLine offers users second chance
April 7 - Healthy South Dakota summit set for April 8
April 4 - State provides more than $50,000 in diabetes grants
March
March 28 - New WIC income guidelines released
February
February 28 - Faulk County Public Health Services to close
February 28 - “Get a taste for nutrition”, National Nutrition Month®
January
January 31 - State Health Department unveils Healthy South Dakota web site
encouraging South Dakotans to “Live Better. Grow Stronger.”
January 24 - Aberdeen site of state forum on nutrition and physical activity
January 20 - State sponsors regional forums on nutrition and physical activity: Mitchell, Pierre
January 14 - State sponsors regional forums on nutrition and physical activity
January 7 - State sponsors regional forums on nutrition and physical activity: Martin, Sturgis
