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Secure .gov websites use HTTPS LDH is moving forward with a plan to distribute food benefits on EBT cards. If the USDA, who administers the SNAP program, is prepared and ready to move money into states’ accounts, we will use federal dollars to fund SNAP recipients’ accounts. If they are not ready, LDH will proceed with our state-funded program to provide food assistance to the elderly, the disabled, and households with children through their existing EBT cards.
LDH News
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LDH reports 31 additional Omicron variant cases in Louisiana
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is reporting 31 additional cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. None of these new cases have required hospitalization.
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CDC recommends Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines over Janssen
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) endorses the updated recommendations by its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) expressing a clinical preference for individuals to receive an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna over the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine.
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LDH reports 48 additional Omicron variant cases in Louisiana
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is reporting 48 additional cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. None of these new cases have required hospitalization. This brings the total number of Omicron cases in our state to 93.
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Louisiana Teen Vax Campaign recruiting students to become vaccine youth ambassadors
Youth Ambassadors work with Louisiana's Teen Vax Campaign to promote the important role young people have in stopping the spread of COVID-19 and keeping their friends and family members from getting sick.
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Holiday hours announced for COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment sites
The Louisiana community-based monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment sites will temporarily close at various times during the holidays.
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Gov. Edwards, LDH highlight one year of COVID-19 vaccine progress
More than 2.29 million Louisianans - nearly 50 percent of the state's population - became fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the first year of vaccinations.
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LDH reports 8 additional Omicron variant cases in Louisiana
This brings the total number of Omicron cases in our state to 45 - 40 probable and 5 confirmed. The first confirmed Omicron case in Louisiana was identified on December 3.
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Following updated CDC guidance, Pfizer booster shots now available for 16- and 17-year-olds in Louisiana
To receive the booster dose, individuals must be at least six months past their Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine series completion date.
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LDH reports 20 additional Omicron variant cases in Louisiana
This brings the total number of Omicron cases in our state to 37 - 34 probable and 3 confirmed.
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LDH reports 13 additional probable Omicron variant cases in Louisiana
This brings the total number of Omicron cases in our state to 17 - 16 probable and 1 confirmed. The first confirmed Omicron case in Louisiana was identified on Dec. 3.
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LDH reports 3 additional probable Omicron variant cases in Louisiana
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is reporting 3 additional probable cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Louisiana.
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Louisiana Department of Health pushes back against COVID-19 misinformation
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) pushed back against COVID-19 misinformation in today's Louisiana House Committee on Health and Welfare.