December 2010
December 28 - Start the New Year with "Make Calories Count" healthy challenge
December 27 - Health Department presents annual Secretary's Awards: Biskeborn | Brinkley | Hoxie | Pierre | Springfield | VanDongrelen
December 17 - SD has among highest flu vaccination rates in nation
December 17 - Number of overweight South Dakota students remains high
December 10 - State awards $235,000 in technology grants to rural hospitals
November 2010
November 24 - State reports salmonella cases in Brown County
November 22 - Remember flu vaccination as holidays approach
November 5 - South Dakota reports first lab-confirmed influenza of season
October 2010
October 26 - Clinics honored for child immunization efforts
September 2010
September 29 - Thirteen communities receive trail signs
September 27 - State cancer program screens 17,000 women
September 10 - Healthcare workforce grants awarded
August 2010
August 16 - Health Department urges whooping cough immunization for adolescents, provides free vaccine
August 6 - Meningitis vaccination recommended for pre-teens, college freshmen
August 5 - Flood cleanup recommendations
July 2010
July 28 - Health Department recognizes World Breastfeeding Week
July 22 - Colorectal cancer screening program goes statewide
July 6 - Summit aims to support providers of emergency medical services
July 2 - South Dakota reports first WNV case of the season
June 2010
June 18 - Practice food safety at outdoor gatherings
June 3 - Adult smoking rate drops to all-time low; QuitLine success rate increases
May 2010
May 26 - Simple precautions prevent West Nile
May 20 - Prevent recreational water illness this summer
May 18 - South Dakota receives national award for H1N1 immunization effort
April 2010
April 23 - Take steps to prevent tick-borne illness
April 19 - Cups from the Ground Up healthy challenge underway
April 16 - Get active during Turn off the Screen Week, April 19-25
April 1 - South Dakota has nation's highest H1N1 vaccination rate
March 2010
March 18 - After the flood: assure safe drinking water
March 18 - After the flood: keep food safety in mind
March 18 - After the flood: dealing with mold
March 18 - After the flood: beware of cleanup hazards
March 18 - After the flood: prevent illness, injuries with personal precautions
March 16 - SD awarded $6 million to advance health information technology
March 15 - Diabetes Alert Day good time to check risk
March 1 - Animal rabies cases up in 2010
February 2010
February 23 - TB cases reported in Charles Mix County
February 10 - South Dakota Receives $5.5 Million Grant for Emergency Medical Care Training
February 2 - MEDIA ADVISORY: H1N1 public vaccination clinics, February 3-9
January 2010
January 29 - MEDIA ADVISORY: H1N1 public vaccination clinics, January 30 - February 9
January 29 - Take steps to improve health during February's American Heart Month
January 26 - MEDIA ADVISORY: H1N1 public vaccination clinics, January 26 - February 9
January 22 - MEDIA ADVISORY: H1N1 public vaccination clinics, January 25 - February 5
January 19 - MEDIA ADVISORY: H1N1 public vaccination clinics, January 20 - 30
January 15 - State awards community coalitions tobacco prevention grants
January 13 - MEDIA ADVISORY: H1N1 public vaccination clinics, January 14 - 30
January 11 - MEDIA ADVISORY: H1N1 public vaccination clinics, January 12 -22
January 8 - January 10-16 National Influenza Vaccination Week; health officials encourage H1N1 vaccination
January 6 - MEDIA ADVISORY: H1N1 public vaccination clinics, January 7 - 22
January 4 - MEDIA ADVISORY: H1N1 public vaccination clinics, January 4 - 15
January 4 - South Dakotans challenged to "Get Fit in 150"
