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Louisiana health department failed to oversee parts of state Medicaid program, audit says
More than half the funds spent under a Medicaid incentive program in Louisiana designed to improve health access and outcomes ...
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Louisiana no longer promoting mass vaccinations. How will this affect the community?
Deborah Gurgel Smith of LSU Health Shreveport School of Allied Health Professions discusses ramifications of the State Health ...
Public Health Survived the Pandemic. Now It Fights Politics.
Five years after the pandemic began, many local health officials say that the politicization of Covid has left them with ...
Federal Funding Cuts: Local officials address everything from Medicaid to crisis centers
Local officials and providers expressed concern about potential impacts on Medicaid and crisis centers following talks of federal funding cuts in Washington.
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Free Ozempic Program Launches in Louisiana to Combat Obesity—Here’s Who Qualifies
Louisiana residents struggling with weight loss could qualify for free Ozempic through a new health program. Here’s who’s ...
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First Human H5N1 Death in the United States — Just the Beginning?
The D1.1 strain of H5N1, now spreading in dairy herds, has a mutation that enhances replication in mammals. Could this be a ...
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Central Louisiana State Hospital For Behavioral Health Completes Expansion And Renovation In Pineville, Louisiana
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH; Baton Rouge, La.) expanded and renovated the Central Louisiana State Hospital in Pineville, La.
Two Louisiana senators seek to remove public fluoridation from drinking water
Two Louisiana State senators have proposed a Bill that would stop water districts from adding fluoride to drinking water.