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DHH Urges Residents to Prepare for West Nile Virus
As summer quickly approaches, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) wants to remind you to take the necessary precautions and protect yourself and your family from West Nile. Louisiana has seen a lot of rain this April, so one of the most important steps you can take now is to check around your home for standing water.
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Louisiana stays focused on the people behind the state’s HIV rankings through innovative, first-in-the-nation care models producing better health
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State Health Department Celebrates Opening of New Public Health Laboratory
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) hosted a ceremony marking a new public health laboratory in Baton Rouge this morning. The public health laboratory serves as the primary daily testing center for many purposes from ensuring safe drinking water for our residents to screening for genetic and metabolic disorders in newborns.
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Louisiana Cuts Tuberculosis Rate by More than Half from 2010 to 2014
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals' (DHH) Tuberculosis (TB) Control Program has received a new ranking that places Louisiana below the national average in tuberculosis cases.
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UPDATE: State Offices to Close Today, March 5 in 23 Louisiana Parishes
Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols announced today that state government offices will be closed today, March 5 in the following parishes across Louisiana where hazardous driving conditions and scattered power outages are forecast due to winter weather conditions.
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DHH to Participate in Community Meeting on Access to Care for Mid City Baton Rouge
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) has accepted an invitation from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF) to join health care leaders for a community meeting on Tuesday, March 3 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Star Hill Baptist Church to discuss access to health care services in Mid City and North Baton Rouge. Hospital leaders will discuss how they are expanding access to care for the Mid City community, including both increased emergency room access and expanded access to urgent care clinics for some individuals without insurance.
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Another Synthetic Marijuana Compound Added to Banned Substances List by DHH
Gov. Bobby Jindal and officials with the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), and Louisiana State Police (LSP) announced the ban of a new synthetic marijuana compound called "5f-ADB" this week.
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Expansion of Urgent Care Hours, Diagnostic Capability, Pediatric Services and Regional ER Capacity Planned for Baton Rouge Community
Today, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) and a group of Baton Rouge-area hospitals announced changes to expand access to urgent and emergency room (ER) care for individuals in the Baton Rouge Community. Those changes include increasing and aligning access hours and capacity for urgent care visits at the LSU Health Baton Rouge urgent care clnic on North Foster Drive (effective March 23), other clinic service expansions and efforts by Baton Rouge-area hospitals to increase emergency department (ED) capacity.
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DHH Secretary Announces Hugh Eley as New Deputy Secretary
Today, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) Secretary Kliebert announced the appointment of Hugh Eley as deputy secretary upon the departure of Courtney Phillips.
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Setting the Record Straight on the Baton Rouge General Mid-City ER
Yesterday, The Advocate published a story entitled “Baton Rouge General to close its Mid-City emergency room” by Marsha Shuler. The story contained several factual inaccuracies and excluded important information.
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LDH Joins Hospital and Community Leaders to Announce Transition for Health Care Options in Mid City Baton Rouge
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), along with leaders from Baton Rouge General Medical Center (BRG), the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF) and Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center (OLOL), announced plans to collaborate on a new model of health care for Mid City Baton Rouge.