Sanford Health News

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, wearing a face mask, speaks into media microphones while two health workers watch.

MN governor visits long-term care center to promote vaccine

Good Samaritan Society celebrates successful COVID-19 vaccination effort

Katie Foutz ⋅ 4 min read

Sanford Innovation Unit sign in silver on blue patterned wall.

Contests tap student ideas for mental health, heart care

Carson Walker ⋅ 6 min read

Rochelle Rindels and Matt Holsen

Almost all Society locations have had COVID-19 vaccinations

Matt Holsen ⋅ 6 min read

Physicians turn stroke invention into startup company

Carson Walker ⋅ 8 min read

COVID-19 FAQs: How will I know it’s my turn for vaccine?

Jon Berg ⋅ 6 min read

Sanford chief physician: COVID-19 isn’t safe, vaccine is

Courtney Collen ⋅ 14 min read

New antigen testing offers COVID-19 providers more insight

Mick Garry ⋅ 6 min read

Society staff & residents in Minnesota get COVID-19 vaccine

Matt Holsen ⋅ 6 min read

What to expect before, during, after COVID-19 vaccine

Mick Garry ⋅ 5 min read

Vaccination monitoring quick, convenient with v-safe

Mick Garry ⋅ 7 min read

Sanford helps lead massive vaccine distribution effort in SD

Courtney Collen ⋅ 6 min read

COVID-19 FAQs: How can I keep my newborn safe?

Simon Floss ⋅ 5 min read

Sanford Bismarck, Fargo offer first COVID vaccine to public

Nathan Aamodt ⋅ 5 min read

How to find a mental health provider

Duration: 17:22

Depending on what you're looking for, there will be a provider that fits your needs

Ashlea McMartin explains how to talk about suicide with friends, loved ones

How to talk about suicide with friends, loved ones

Duration: 31:34

We can all do our part to prevent suicide, communicate first

Dr. Stephen Wonderlick talks about the Behavioral Health Bridge

The Behavioral Health Bridge

Duration: 16:15

Partnership with University of North Dakota promotes behavioral health treatment and addresses current needs

How an embedded therapist helps prevent suicide

Duration: 15:11

If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, Sanford providers say you're not alone

Meet Chelsea Christensen, an Integrated Health Therapist

Duration: 17:34

Providing patients with quick access to behavioral health support

Dr. Jeff Leichter talks about the integrated health therapists program at Sanford

Introducing the Health & Wellness Podcast: IHT at Sanford

Duration: 19:07

Program supports mental health with integrated therapists in primary care clinics

Sanford Children's Hospital is shaped like a castle with turrets, towers and banners.

Sanford genetics group shares benefits of custom kids’ care

Consortium writes in medical journal: DNA can improve pediatrics

Katie Foutz ⋅ 3 min read

Triage nurse cares for patients one phone call at a time

Sarah Carey uses family medicine and hospital experience to reach out remotely

Erin Mairose ⋅ 6 min read

Generic COVID-19 vaccine photo

COVID-19 vaccine: When’s the right time for the second dose?

Good Samaritan Society CMO: Don't worry if your doses are more spread out

Matt Holsen ⋅ 4 min read

News media interviews a Sanford HEalth patient on camera after her first COVID-19 vaccine.

Sioux Falls patients receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

"It's our only chance of getting life back to what we really want"

Simon Floss ⋅ 4 min read

A health care worker in face mask and shield vaccinates a woman, facing away from the camera, with COVID-19 vaccine while two other health care workers prepare for more patients.

What to expect before, during, after COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 vaccines will soon be available to the public. Know when and where to be immunized.

Mick Garry ⋅ 5 min read

An inoculation ends with a marriage proposal for a South Dakota nurse

New York Times (January 2021)

Challenges of distributing COVID-19 vaccines to rural hospitals

Business Insider (December 2020)

How the first COVID-19 vaccinations rolled out at hospitals across the U.S.

Time (December 2020)

Before vaccinations can commence, a logistical feat must be pulled off

New York Times (December 2020)

‘A shot of hope’: What the vaccine is like for front-line doctors and nurses

New York Times (December 2020)

COVID shot to ‘win the war’ rolls out as U.S. deaths top 300,000

Bloomberg (December 2020)

Hospitals await first shipments of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

Bloomberg (December 2020)

Inside the multi-state network that is getting vaccines to rural America

CNN (December 2020)

South Dakota COVID patients receive experimental antibody therapy

MSNBC (December 2020)

U.S. rural hospitals in 'crisis situation'

NBC Nightly News (December 2020)

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