Thursday, July 30, is Miracle Treat Day, where local Dairy Queen locations give you a chance to satisfy that sugar rush and help children in need at the same time. Area Dairy Queen and DQ Grill and Chill locations are bringing health and hope to kids for Miracle Treat Day® at Sanford Children’s through Children’s Miracle Network. Participating locations are coming together to benefit kids’ health by donating $1 or more of the proceeds from the day’s Blizzard® sales to Children’s Miracle Network benefiting Sanford Children’s in Fargo.

The Nebraska Area Health Education Center Scholars Program, based at UNMC, recently graduated 55 students.

For the past 10 years, North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) has helped thousands of North Dakotans take the first step toward recovery through its Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Voucher program, which helps remove one of the biggest barriers to treatment: the ability to pay for care.

This year’s SDAHO Annual Convention is more than a conference—it’s a celebration of a century of collaboration, partnerships and innovation in South Dakota healthcare. As we commemorate our 100th Anniversary, we’re inviting health care professionals from across the state to come together for an event unlike any other.

Sanford Health is offering sports physical events for student-athletes to complete their sports physicals for the 2026-27 school season. Student-athletes are required to get an annual sports physical when participating in school-sanctioned sports and must have their physicals completed before the first day of practice for their sport.

Sanford Minot is offering sports physical events for student-athletes to complete their sports physicals for the 2026-27 school season. Student-athletes are required to get an annual sports physical when participating in school-sanctioned sports and must have their physicals completed before the first day of practice for their sport.

From job shadows and clinical rotations to internships and immersive learning experiences, Community Hospital continues to invest in the next generation of healthcare professionals.

Brookings Health System’s Sleep Diagnostics Facility was recently reaccredited through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for polysomnography services both at the hospital-based testing facility and the home sleep testing setting.

Sanford Detroit Lakes is bringing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to Detroit Lakes.

Several Avera hospitals have received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® ― Stroke quality achievement awards for their commitment to ensuring people experiencing stroke receive timely, appropriate treatment based on nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately helping to save lives and reduce disability.

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s and UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s – Downtown have both received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry in Gold and Platinum Performance Achievement Awards for 2026. Both Sioux City hospitals are among 1,319 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.

Sanford Health and Safe Kids Bismarck-Mandan are teaming up with local agencies to host a Safety Day July 29 from 1-5 p.m. outside the North Dakota State Capitol grounds.

Patients at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center now have access to a promising new therapy that has generated national attention for its potential to improve outcomes for people with advanced pancreatic cancer. Patients with previously treated metastatic pancreatic cancer can receive daraxonrasib through an Expanded Access Program (EAP), providing an opportunity to receive the investigational therapy while it awaits review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Sanford Health reinvested more than $1 billion in 2024 to support patients, strengthen communities and expand access to healthcare across the rural communities it serves. The investments are detailed in Sanford Health's annual Community Impact Report, which highlights how the nonprofit health system reinvests resources to improve community health and ensure access to care close to home.

Barbara Lacina is now serving as director of the Office of Economic Assistance (OEA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

UnityPoint Health® – Trinity is proud to introduce the  Quad Cities’ first HYDROS Robotic System for Aquablation, offering a new option for men  dealing with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or an enlarged prostate.  

Six Good Samaritan locations have been recognized as 2026 Silver – Achievement in Quality award recipients by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) for demonstrating systematic growth in quality care.

UnityPoint Health – Iowa Methodist Medical Center has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Gold  Performance Achievement Award for 2026. Iowa Methodist Medical Center is among 19  hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. 

For 80 years, Yankton Medical Clinic has had the privilege of caring for generations of families throughout southeast South Dakota, northeast Nebraska, and the surrounding region. This summer, the clinic is saying "thank you" to the community in a big way.

Yankton Medical Clinic, an Avera partner, has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in computed tomography (CT) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology® (ACR®). CT scanning — sometimes called CAT scanning — is a noninvasive medical test that helps physicians diagnose and tailor treatments for various medical conditions. 

CHI Health Orthopedics (Good Samaritan) welcomes Dr. Stacey McClure, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician, to its staff.

A review article by a University of Nebraska Medical Center/Child Health Research Institute research team underscores and describes how altering fundamental brain development processes can be detrimental for the developing baby.

Avera Health is growing its family medicine team in the Hawarden and Akron area with the addition of two physicians who bring both deep regional roots and varied clinical backgrounds to their new patients.

Dakota Vascular in Sioux Falls is now offering new embolization procedures as part of their interventional services.

Walk through almost any hospital or clinic today and you'll find no shortage of digital infrastructure already in place. What's often missing isn't more technology. It's connection between the technology that's already there. That distinction is becoming one of the defining challenges for healthcare leaders in the Plains states and beyond.

First PREMIER Bank and PREMIER Bankcard and Sanford Health share statements on the passing of T. Denny Sanford, noted philanthropist and business leader.

Patients in Siouxland have access to advanced robotic-assisted lung biopsy technology right here in Sioux City through the Ion endoluminal system at UnityPoint Health – St. Luke's.

As cyclosporiasis cases continue to rise nationwide, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is reminding residents of the importance of routine food safety practices.

July 16, 2026 marks the fourth anniversary of 988, the three-digit suicide prevention and mental health crisis national lifeline.