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South Dakota has reported 23 flu-related deaths since the official start of the flu season last September.

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SD Reports 23 Deaths From Flu (KELO Sioux Falls)

Health officials in South Dakota say almost half of the state’s population has received the H1N1 flu vaccine or had the illness.

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H1N1 Flu Might Be Tamed In SD (KELO Sioux Falls)

South Dakota might have achieved herd immunity against H1N1 flu. About 250,000 state residents have received the vaccine, and another 150,000 have had the illness. That’s close to half the state’s population, perhaps enough to keep the virus from spreading. “Statistically, once you vaccinate enough people it does interrupt the spread greatly,” said Dr. Aris Assimacopoulos, infection control …

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S.D. may have tamed H1N1 (The Argus Leader)

Though residents in all U.S. states evaluated the economy negatively in 2009, economic confidence was highest on average in the District of Columbia and South Dakota, and lowest in Wyoming, Michigan, West Virginia, and Nevada. All but one state (Wyoming) showed higher confidence last year than in 2008.

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Economic Confidence: Wyoming, Michigan Most Negative (Gallup)

Kelsey Mullenix spent the past three months recovering from her near-death experience with H1N1.

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H1N1 Survivor Back In School (KELO Sioux Falls)

H1N1 flu has been more than twice as deadly for Native Americans than South Dakotans as a whole because of other risks the tribal population faces. The state’s 23 deaths to the virus this flu season include six Native Americans, or 26 percent. Tribal people make up less than one-tenth of the state’s population. “That’s over double what it should be,” said Lon Kightlinger, the state epidemiologist.

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Indians urged to get vaccine (The Argus Leader)

… nd/or competency of various State public health officials has affected reporting of pandemic deaths. … Although the number of reported new cases of H1N1 has been dropping in the United States, the pandemic is not over….The reported incidence of death is 10 times higher in South Dakota than Ohio, Missouri and the District of Columbia. ..

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Incidence of Death in US States – December 31, 2009

The North Platte Telegraph The Nebraska, South Dakota and southwest Iowa chapter of the Better Business Bureau processed more than 32,000 consumer complaints in 2009. To remind businesses and consumers of common schemes to watch out for, the BBB has released a list of the top 10 scams and rip-offs of 2009.

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In 2009, scams were rampant (North Platte Telegraph)

Severe winter storms in the US have produced record amounts of snow. With blizzard warnings being put in place for North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, citizens are preparing for further heavy falls.

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Snow continues to fall on US Midwest (Calcutta News)

A new production method could cut the time it takes to get more H1N1 flu vaccine on the market, a University of South Dakota assistant professor told medical students Thursday.

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New method could speed H1N1 vaccine production (Vermillion Plain Talk)