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The Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health received funding to continue the work of an established surveillance system for responding to emergency events involving hazardous substances. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry awarded the cooperative agreement.
The Department of Health and Hospitals has detected seven more cases of West Nile virus, bringing the total number of cases in Louisiana to 108 for 2004. (Last year, as of Dec. 16, there were reports of 117 WNV cases.)
As families prepare for the upcoming holiday season, the Department of Health and Hospitals is urging everyone to keep some basic safety tips in mind while preparing for the holidays.
Noting that “the state of Louisiana has an interest in providing a comprehensive, community-based health care delivery system with preventive and primary health care as its foundation,” Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco has proclaimed the week of November 28 through December 4 CommunityCARE and KIDMED Week in Louisiana. In emphasizing CommunityCARE and KIDMED Week, the Department of Health and Hospitals hopes to ensure primary care services for Medicaid clients and increase preventive health screening for children through these programs.
Illnesses caused by improperly cooked food or improperly handled food products number approximately 76 million cases each year. With the holiday season upon us, and more people preparing dishes for large gatherings, state health officials remind Louisianians to remember a few food safety tips.
A free training designed to educate individuals about safely working with lead-based paint will be held in Baton Rouge. The daylong training is the result of a cooperative agreement between the National Paint and Coatings Association, Inc. and 49 Attorneys General.
The Department of Health and Hospitals-Office of Public Health has received a limited amount of additional doses of the flu vaccine to distribute through parish health units statewide.
The Department of Health and Hospitals today reported 12 new cases of West Nile virus, raising the 2004 case count to 101 human infections.
The goal set by Gov. Blanco at the March Health Care Summit to enroll all eligible children into the Louisiana Children’s Health Insurance Program (LaCHIP) has reached a major milestone. At the June meeting of the Governor’s Health Care Reform Panel, Gov. Blanco set a short-term goal for the Department of Health and Hospitals to quickly enroll into LaCHIP 25 percent of the children who remained eligible.
Louisiana officials learned today that the state continues to trail other states in overall health status. The news comes from the United Health Foundation in its 15th annual “America’s Health: State Health Rankings.” But, despite the low ranking, the report outlines progress made by the state in providing access to adequate prenatal care.
Long lines, informational booths, goodie bags and giveaways. This describes the traditional community health fair where neighbors gather at a central location to get health care tips and information. But, when the Department of Health and Hospitals’ mobile health fair takes to the streets of Baton Rouge, people won’t even have to leave their homes.
The Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health has reopened Fontainebleau State Park Beach for swimming and water recreation. The decision was made after water samples taken in the past week showed the area’s water quality has improved to within Louisiana’s BEACH program bacteriological water quality standards.