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To aid in Hurricane Delta recovery, the southwestern Louisiana Office of Public Health has added two more COVID-19 mobile test sites to its schedule for next week. Testing will be available from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, October 19 through Friday, October 23.
Open enrollment for Healthy Louisiana begins October 15, 2020, and runs through November 30, 2020. During this time, people enrolled in Medicaid's managed care program, known as Healthy Louisiana, have the opportunity to choose a new health plan and dental plan.
Residents are encouraged to take care of their health during this time of recovery. COVID-19 continues to be active in Louisiana as flu season is beginning, and now is not the time to let down your guard.
Gov. John Bel Edwards, Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Dr. Courtney Phillips and Department of Children and Family Services Secretary Marketa Walters got their annual flu shots on Wednesday at Our Lady of the Lake’s North Baton Rouge Clinic.
Louisiana Department of Health on Sunday verifies two deaths tied to Hurricane Delta.
Using a generator safely is a matter of life and death following a storm that causes widespread power outages. In the first week after Hurricane Laura struck southwest Louisiana, almost half of the storm-related deaths (9 out of 20) were due to carbon monoxide poison produced by a gasoline-powered portable generator.
With Hurricane Delta projected to make landfall in Louisiana on Friday, the Region 5 Office of Public Health is suspending some services beginning Thursday, October 8 until further notice.
Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in advance of Hurricane Delta, which is forecast to make landfall in South Louisiana on Friday or Saturday.
This Emergency Order shall be effective immediately, beginning at 7:00 a.m. Monday morning October 5, 2020, and shall remain in effect until further notice from the State Health Officer.
The Louisiana Department of Health is pleased to announce Dr. Joseph Kanter as the interim assistant secretary of the Office of Public Health.
In accordance with the preamble language to Schedule 09 in HB1 of the 2020 First Extraordinary Session, attached please find the October Medicaid report. As required, this report represents the actual Means of Financing and Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2020 and the initial budget allocation by appropriation for Fiscal Year 2021.
With many primary care offices in southwestern Louisiana still closed due to damage from Hurricane Laura, the Louisiana Department of Health is partnering with the LSU Family Medicine Residency Program of Lake Charles Memorial Hospital to offer basic services until most clinics can resume operations.