Louisiana primary care centers awarded $6.6 million in ACA funds
Thirty Louisiana health agencies have been awarded $6.6 million in federal dollars to expand primary care services in neighborhoods. The funding is part of $295 million awarded to health centers...
View ArticleLouisiana DHH Announces 35 New WellSpots
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) recently announced 35 total WellSpots across the state. WellSpots are places and spaces that have made sustainable changes to make it easier for...
View ArticleSam’s Club Issues Recall On Baby Wipes
Sam’s Club has sent out an advisory over their baby wipes. According to an e-mail they sent out to consumers who had purchased Simply Right baby wipes, the supplier of those wipes, are warning about a...
View ArticleLouisiana Public Health Institute CEO Featured In Healthcare Journal Of New...
Joseph Kimbrell, CEO of the Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI) was recently interviewed by the Healthcare Journal of New Orleans for its One-on-One feature. Below is an excerpt. Click here to...
View ArticleWhat Parents Need to Know about Enterovirus D68
Infections with enteroviruses are usually common in the United States during summer and fall. This year, beginning in mid-August, states started seeing more children in hospitals with severe...
View ArticleTop 5 Tips To Help You Feel Better This Winter
Avoiding illness throughout the winter months can be hard especially with ever changing temperatures! Outside is cold and rainy whilst shops and offices are pumping out heat like you’re in a sauna....
View ArticleHealthcare.gov Average Premiums Going Up In 2015
Many HealthCare.gov customers will face higher costs next year, the Obama administration acknowledged Thursday in a report that shows average premiums rising modestly. However, officials said millions...
View ArticleSurvey Finds Teens Trending Toward E-cigarettes
More teens are trying out e-cigarettes than the real thing, according to the government’s annual drug use survey. Researchers were surprised at how many 8th, 10th and 12th graders reported using...
View ArticleNew Orleans City Council Makes History Upon Unanimous Passage of a...
New Orleans, one of the South’s largest major tourist cities with a high-grossing land-based casino and more than 500 bars within the city limits, made history today by becoming the largest city in...
View ArticleMedicaid expansion could help Louisiania workers without insurance: Editorial
“The uninsured Louisiana residents who would benefit from the federal expansion of Medicaid are often described as a lump sum, just one big number. They are, of course, tens of thousands of...
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