Lakota Community Battles Deadly Rodent-Spread Hantavirus

The Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) has initiated an intensive awareness and prevention program in order to address a recent Hantavirus outbreak in the Pine Ridge Village District. Although cases of Hantavirus have been reported within South Dakota in the past, this is the first reported case of Hantavirus contamination in tribal lands within the state.

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