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Public Meetings to Discuss Options in Long-Term Care
Baton Rouge – The Department of Health and Hospitals has scheduled three public meetings in Alexandria to provide information about options in long-term care.
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Health Agency Partners with Education Department to Improve Child Health
BATON ROUGE, La. – The heads of the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Department of Education announced Wednesday a partnership to improve the health of children in public schools.
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DHH Creates Special Web Site for Candidates
Baton Rouge – Poll after poll has demonstrated that citizens and voters are highly concerned about the state of health care in Louisiana. As soon as our next Governor takes office, he or she will be faced with decisions that impact more than a million citizens and have multi-million dollar consequences on the state’s budget.
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Protect the People You Care About: Don’t Smoke Around Them
New Orleans — As Louisiana students return to classrooms this fall, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals’ Tobacco Control Program is launching an educational effort to teach parents, caregivers and others the importance of avoiding exposure to secondhand smoke.
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State Reports Eight New West Nile Cases
Baton Rouge --- Additional West Nile cases from Caddo, East Baton Rouge, Orleans, Richland, St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes raise the state’s West Nile total to 60 human cases. No additional deaths associated with the virus have occurred. Caddo and St. Tammany parishes reported two new cases each in the updated case numbers, and the other four parishes each reported one new case.
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Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables!
Baton Rouge --- When was the last time you munched on crunchy carrot sticks, tart green grapes or a delicious red apple during a snack break at the office? If you regularly forgo the above in favor of chips, candy or crackers, you are in the majority. According to a 2002 Chronic Disease Surveillance Report issued by the Department of Health and Hospitals --- Office of Public Health, more than 84 percent of Louisiana residents do not consume the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables every day.
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Is Your Child Safe at Home?
Baton Rouge --- Most parents know backyard pools can be a drowning hazard, but they forget bathtubs, buckets, toilets, hot tubs and spas can be just as dangerous. Accidents involving these common household items cause the drowning deaths of approximately 115 children each year, in addition to the approximately 250 children per year who drown in household pools.
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Funds Will Strengthen Louisiana’s Bioterrorism Readiness
Baton Rouge – Two years ago today, America suffered an unprecedented terrorist attack. Since that assault by middle east extremists, much has been done to better prepare the country to defend itself, as well as increase our readiness should another threat become a reality.
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West Nile Count Reaches 52 Cases
Baton Rouge --- Public health officials today announce six more cases of West Nile virus, bringing the state’s total to 52 cases. The new cases were three people from Caddo Parish and one case each from Bossier, Lafourche and Orleans parishes. Orleans is the only parish that had not previously reported a human West Nile case this year.
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State Offers Help to Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Baton Rouge – In observation of Grandparents Day, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is reminding grandparents that they can apply for no-cost health insurance for grandchildren in their care through the Louisiana Children’s Health Insurance Program (LaCHIP). On LaCHIP applications for households in which a grandparent is responsible for the care of a child, the grandparent’s income is not counted toward eligibility. This policy differs from other state programs such as Food Stamps, TANF cash assistance and free or reduced school lunch.
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Health Department Announces Six New West Nile Cases
Baton Rouge --- The state’s total of 2003 West Nile cases reached 46 Tuesday, with the addition of six new cases from Bossier (two cases), Caddo (two cases), Livingston (one case) and Morehouse (one case) parishes. Although state health officials have reported new cases each week since mid-July, Louisiana’s case count remains significantly lower than that of other states.
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State Confirms First West-Nile Related Death
Baton Rouge --- Public health officials have confirmed an earlier report from the Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office stating that a man from Caddo Parish is the first person to die of West Nile virus complications this year.