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Kayla Guerrero coordinates COVID community testing and vaccination centers in the south-central parishes of Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary and Terrebonne.
Members will be receiving calls between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday
The Louisiana Department of Health has launched its new COVID-19 Support Hotline, which merges the former contact tracing hotline and the COVID-19 vaccine hotline to provide the general public one convenient resource to get their COVID-19 and vaccine questions answered.
The Birth Ready Designation is a system that reinforces and ensures birthing facilities are implementing best practices to improve readiness for addressing the leading causes of maternal deaths.
Two of the children were under 5 years old. The third child was between 5 and 17 years old. The deaths took place in the past week.
LA WIC has issued guidance, available at LouisianaWIC.org, for WIC participants impacted by a recall of powdered infant formula following the FDA's advisory.
As Mardi Gras season gets into full swing, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is sharing guidance with the public on how to celebrate more safely.
Dr. Brooks is a board-certified emergency medicine physician who has been practicing full time in Region 3 since 2016. Most recently, he worked at the Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center in Houma.
The Louisiana Department of Health's community-based testing sites at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital and Jennings American Legion Hospital in Southwest Louisiana will close permanently on February 18.
The Governor's Office, the Louisiana Department of Health and the CDC still recommend that all people wear masks when they are indoors in public or in a large outdoor crowd while all areas of the state are considered high transmission areas for the coronavirus.
The Request for Proposals for Managed Care Organizations was released on June 24, 2021. Proposals were due on September 10, 2021.
The program provides parents, guardians, pediatricians, teachers and community and faith leaders with the tools to take meaningful, accessible action to stop the spread of COVID-19 within their families and in classrooms.