Quick action from South Dakota health officials to stop a measles spike earlier this summer appears to be working. After 12 ...

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It’s been four weeks since our last positive measles case, and South Dakota has done remarkably well in protecting its citizens from the kinds of outbreaks that have hit other ...

After a small uptick in measles cases raised some concern for South Dakotans earlier this summer, the Department of Health ...

South Dakota below "community immunity" line Both Sands and Thury said the best way to protect against measles is to get vaccinated. Two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are 97% ...

The Rapid City Medical Center urgent care waiting room (2820 Mt Rushmore Road, Rapid City, South Dakota) on May 28 from 7:15- 10 a.m. MT The Monument Health Sturgis urgent care waiting room (2140 ...

by: Michael Doorn Posted: Jul 19, 2024 / 04:10 PM CDT Updated: Jul 19, 2024 / 04:10 PM CDT RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota has confirmed its first measles case since 2015.

The last time a measles case was reported in South Dakota was in January 2015, when there was an outbreak of 13 cases in the Mitchell area and one case in an unvaccinated Sioux Falls 10-year-old.

Aside from an unvaccinated child younger than 5 years old contracting measles in Mitchell in December 2014, South Dakota hadn’t had a measles case since 1997. Measles appears in two stages.

SOUTH DAKOTA (KELO) — The South Dakota Department of Health (SD-DOH) asks medical providers to be alert for an introduction of measles into South Dakota among recent travelers. In 2024, cases ...

Natalya Maisheva via Getty Images (MEADE COUNTY, SD) -- South Dakota has reported its first case of measles this year. The state is now the 33rd in the country to confirm a measles case, with at least ...