SD Health Department Warns of Potential Measles Exposure in Hot Springs • South Dakota Searchlight

SD Health Department warns of potential measles exposure in Hot Springs • South Dakota Searchlight

A nurse readies an MMR vaccine at Sanford Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)An out-of-state traveler visited Hot Springs while contagious with measles last month and stopped at two public spaces several times during their stay, according to a news release Thursday from the South Dakota Department of Health. Those places were: 12-7 p.m. on June 19 at Two Crows Creamery. 8:30-11:30 a.m. on June 19, 20 and …

South Dakota Department of Health launches vaccination clinics following new measles cases

In response to newly confirmed cases of measles in South Dakota, the Department of Health (DOH) is expanding access to the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine through a series of public vaccination clinics across the state. These clinics aim to protect South Dakotans by preventing the further spread of this highly contagious disease.