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Hurricane Katrina #5 - Boil Notice
Baton Rouge – In response to the boil order that was issued by Louisiana State Police concerning the Jefferson Parish water system, health officials offer more specific recommendations for water disinfection.
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Hurricane Katrina #7 - Additional Boil Notices
Baton Rouge – State and Local health officials are warning the residents of East Jefferson Waterworks District #1 (eastbank), West Jefferson Waterworks District #2 (westbank), including Grand Isle, St. Charles Water District #1 (eastbank) and Westwego Waterworks not to drink, make ice from, brush teeth, prepare or rinse food with tap water unless it has been properly disinfected until further notice. Due to pressure loss in the water systems that has resulted from Hurricane Katrina, it has been determined that some water systems may not be safe for consumption at this time. At this time water systems through out Southeast Louisiana are notifying their customers of the status of their water systems.
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Hurricane Katrina #8 - Chainsaw Safety
Baton Rouge –- Thousands of people are treated for chainsaw injuries each year, but the risk for incurring such injuries increases substantially after a hurricane, when people are more likely to be using a chainsaw as part of cleaning up trees and fallen branches.
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Hurricane Katrina #9 Post-Hurricane Food and Water Safety Tips
Baton Rouge – Residents of areas affected by Hurricane Katrina may have experienced water contamination or power outages that led to food spoilage. The Department of Health and Hospitals offers the following food and water safety tips:
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Hurricane Katrina #4 - Response to Katrina
The Department of Health and Hospitals announced today that public health workers throughout the state would respond for duty on Monday, August 30.
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Hurricane Katrina #1 - LDH Opens Regional Triage Phone Numbers
Baton Rouge – Special triage telephone lines will be opened at 12:00 p.m. in each region to accept the calls of citizens seeking special needs sheltering. Citizens with special needs seeking shelter must call telephone number in their area BEFORE attempting to access a shelter. These numbers are listed below.
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Health Department Offers Tips to Prevent Spread of Parasite
Baton Rouge --- The Department of Health and Hospitals completed a disease investigation this week in the Prairieville and Gonzales area in Ascension Parish after several people became ill with severe diarrhea and vomiting. DHH disease specialists determined the illness was caused by cryptosporidium, a parasite that can be transmitted to humans primarily through water but also can be foodborne or spread person-to-person.
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Beach Water Quality Advisories In Effect for Cypremort Point, Constance Beach; areas of Grand Isle State Park and Holly beaches
Beach Water Quality Advisories In Effect for Cypremort Point, Constance Beach; areas of Grand Isle State Park and Holly beaches
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West Nile Cases Increase Across State; 17 More Reported
Louisiana now has had 59 human cases of West Nile virus for 2005, and 38 of the cases are neuro-invasive disease, the more serious form of the virus.
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Beach Water Quality Advisories Lifted for Gulf Breeze Beach Cypremort Point, Constance Beach, and areas of Grand Isle State Park and Holly beaches still under advisory
The swim advisories issued for the water at Gulf Breeze Beach in Cameron Parish have been lifted. Swim advisories remain in effect for Cypremort Point Beach in St. Mary Parish; one area of Grand Isle State Park Beach in Jefferson Parish; and Constance Beach as well as two areas of Holly Beach in Cameron Parish.
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Health Department Announces 16 New West Nile Cases
The Department of Health and Hospitals today confirmed 16 new human cases of West Nile virus, totaling 42 cases of the virus diagnosed this year throughout the state.
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Tobacco Sales Rate for Minors Remains Low in Louisiana
Louisiana is still doing a good job at keeping cigarettes and other smoking products out of underage buyers’ hands, according to a 2005 report on tobacco sales to minors. Overall, the state had a noncompliance [selling tobacco to minors] rate of 7.3 percent for the past year. This is one of the lowest noncompliance rates in the nation.