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More Pandemic Flu Training Scheduled for Southwest Louisiana
Lake Charles – The communities of Southwest Louisiana are coming together to prepare for future emergencies such as natural disasters and disease outbreaks.
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Federal Grant will Pay Doctors Bonuses and Incentives to Come to New Orleans Area; Other Health Providers Eligible
Baton Rouge --- The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals was notified today it is receiving a $15 million grant to provide incentives to try and lure primary care physicians and other health care professionals back to the New Orleans area.
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Audiologist's Follow-Up Services Report
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Hospitals Get Extra Payments for Treating Uninsured Patients
Baton Rouge – Over the past week, the Department of Health and Hospitals issued checks to 31 more hospitals that cared for uninsured patients last year in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (Earlier payments were made to East and West Jefferson hospitals.) With these latest payments, DHH met its mid-February goal of issuing extra funding to hospitals that qualified because they treated higher numbers of uninsured patients.
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Health Department Issues Statement on Salmonella
Baton Rouge – The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are investigating an outbreak of an illness caused by Salmonella.
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Pandemic Flu Response Training Set for Lafayette
Lafayette – The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health has scheduled a regional training exercise to help the parishes in the Acadiana region of the state prepare to respond for a future influenza outbreak. These parishes include Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermillion.
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Pandemic Flu Response Training Set for Baton Rouge Area
Baton Rouge – As part of the state’s initiative to prepare for an influenza pandemic, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health has scheduled a training exercise to help the parishes in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas prepare to respond for a future influenza pandemic. These parishes include Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana.
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DHH Introduces New Plan to Increase Child Immunizations
Baton Rouge – The Department of Health and Hospitals today announced a new plan to help ensure more children in Louisiana are properly immunized.
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DHH Introduces New Plan to Increase Child Immunizations
The Department of Health and Hospitals today announced a new plan to help ensure more children in Louisiana are properly immunized.
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Lighten Up Louisiana Registration is now open!
Baton Rouge --- Registration is now open for the Lighten Up Louisiana statewide competition for 2007. The overwhelmingly successful program encourages Louisiana citizens to get healthy by focusing on making better food choices and increasing physical activity. This time around, both the adult and kids’ versions will run at the same time. In addition, individuals as well as teams can now join the competition.
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Chronic Disease Conference to be Held
Baton Rouge --- The Department of Health and Hospitals’ Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health will host a conference to address strategies to better deal with chronic health conditions.
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Pandemic Flu Response Training Set for Thibodaux
Thibodaux – The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public Health has scheduled a regional training exercise to help the parishes in its Region III area of the state prepare to respond for a future influenza outbreak. These parishes include Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, and Terrebonne.