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The Office of Public Health Region 4 (Acadiana), in partnership with Healthy Iberia Coalition and Healthy Vermilion Coalition, is holding a Back to School Hygiene Drive. In this first-of-its-kind event, we are asking Acadiana community members to collect basic hygiene items for distribution to local middle schools.
The Louisiana Department of Health received federal approval on July 22 to begin issuing bonus payments to direct support workers who served waiver participants during the pandemic. LDH's Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (OCDD) and Office of Aging and Adult Services (OAAS) released the first round of federal funding on July 25 to agencies to provide the bonus payments to eligible workers.
The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, August 5 at Ouachita Parish Health Unit (PHU), 1650 DeSiard St., Monroe, and is free to attend.
The campaign will raise awareness about the importance of immunizations and reverse declining vaccination rates among children.
The event features family-friendly activities, COVID-19 vaccines, car seat safety checks and more.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is reminding the public to take precautions against mosquito bites that can expose people to West Nile virus (WNV). During 2022, Louisiana experienced 41 West Nile neuroinvasive disease (NID) cases and seven deaths.
The purpose of this RFP solicitation is to seek a contractor to assist in maintaining the ESF8 Portal and the At-Risk Registry, which must be functioning and available for use by critical healthcare facilities. The contract also includes training of users and ongoing support.
The death of the 62-year-old female was heat related.
An average of nearly 3,000 people in Louisiana are hospitalized or treated in the emergency department annually due to heat-related illness.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), in partnership with the New Orleans Health Department (NOHD), will offer mpox vaccines during two upcoming Pride events.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is raising awareness and urging residents to avoid areas with blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, due to the algal bloom observed in Lake Pontchartrain by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and recent sightings of algal blooms in other waterbodies.