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Throughout the month of August, Department of Health and Hospitals representatives will be making special efforts to enroll uninsured children into public health coverage. These efforts are part of the agency’s celebration of Louisiana Children’s Health Insurance Program (LaCHIP) Month to coincide with children returning to school.
Officials with the Department of Health and Hospitals and with the Louisiana State Police announced today that the effort to find the remaining 136 people on the official missing list from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will transition from the Louisiana Family Assistance Center to local law enforcement agencies.
Beginning this fall, infants and children younger than 24 months old will need to have the PCV7 vaccine in order to attend daycare.
The Department of Health and Hospitals today confirms seven new human cases of West Nile virus. These new cases mark 14 incidences of West Nile in Louisiana so far this year.
Incoming college freshmen who cannot obtain the meningitis (either MENACTRA or MENOMUNE) vaccine from their doctors prior to the upcoming Fall 2006 semester will not be barred from starting college.
In a continuing effort to restore Vital Records services following Hurricane Katrina, the Department of Health and Hospitals has added a new call center. The call center, available at 504-219-4500, gives Vital Records staff the ability to handle the high volume of calls they have been receiving since their relocation to Metairie following the storm.
The Department of Health and Hospitals today confirms five human cases of West Nile virus, giving Louisiana seven cases of West Nile so far in 2006.
Officials with the Louisiana State Police and the Department of Health and Hospitals announce today that DNA identification efforts will continue with responsibility for any new cases shifting to local coroners’ offices.
With a unique mission, Louisiana Family Assistance Center has critical historical data on the missing and deceased victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Now, LFAC’s technical section has compiled various levels of the data in order to give researchers and members of the public a series of maps of the entire region showing the missing, the found and the confirmed deceased by last known location as well as the locations of recovered remains. They have worked over the past month to verify and compile the location data to create the maps, which have just gone live on their website.
Beginning with the upcoming Fall 2006 semester, incoming freshmen must be vaccinated against meningitis to enroll at any Louisiana public or private college or university.
The Department of Health and Hospitals today confirms two human cases of West Nile virus, the first cases of 2006.