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Avera Foundation will participate in GivingTuesday on Nov. 30. This year, all contributions will be matched to support the expansion of the Avera Behavioral Health Center in Sioux Falls, SD.

The pandemic continues and hospitals are near or at capacity. People can help in these key ways: get vaccinated, stay home when sick, get tested and practice mitigation measures.

Anyone age 5 and older now can be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus that has caused 3.2 million hospitalizations and 740,000 deaths nationwide.

Avera has again earned the highest level of recognition as a Level 10 organization in the 2021 Digital Health Most Wired Survey conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives.

To help recruit and retain employees, Avera has announced a $50 million investment in its workforce that will benefit each and every employee in various ways.

With an increased number of patients seeking care, particularly for COVID-19 testing, appointments will restore capacity for providers to see patients in a timely manner.

Avera facilities on Friday began giving Pfizer booster vaccines to certain high-risk people, following federal approvals.

Avera Health announced today that it will require full vaccination for its physicians, employees and volunteers by Dec. 1, 2021.