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• "The entire team is really a prayer in action, a prayer in motion," she said.
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Sanford, USD unite to study Native American health
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Sanford Research and the University of South Dakota are embarking on a $13.5 million, five-year study examining Native American health issues.
• The first $1.5 million in funding comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to create a collaborative research center headquartered in Sioux Falls.
• In each of the remaining years, $3 million is expected to be allocated for research.
• U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota calls the planned research a "major development" for Indian Country. He says the area's reservations face unique health challenges and that such investments will improve Native Americans' lives.
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S. Dakota officials: time for your flu vaccination
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- State health officials say influenza has come early to South Dakota.
• State epidemiologist Don Kightlinger says already this season, four cases have been confirmed, all in children. He adds that the vaccine is readily available this year and that "now is a good time to be vaccinated."
• According to a state news release Thursday, about 51 percent of South Dakotans over age 6 months were vaccinated last season. The state gives children between 6 months and 18 years old free vaccines.
• Kightlinger also implores that people use common sense to stop the flu from spreading, such as by washing hands frequently, covering mouths when coughing and sneezing and staying home when sick.
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Black Hills communities welcome home 842nd
• SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) -- The Black Hills communities of Spearfish, Belle Fourche and Sturgis have welcomed home 160 South Dakota Army National Guard soldiers on Thursday.
• A ceremony for the 842nd Engineer Company took place Thursday afternoon at Black Hills State University in Spearfish.
• The unit, which deployed in September, just completed a yearlong deployment to (Continued on page 25)
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