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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.
If you have not received your Economic Impact Payment (federal stimulus check), you are not alone. About 300,000 Louisianans have not received their stimulus checks.
Adopts provisions to allow licensed home and community-based services providers to operate outside of their licensed geographic areas in the event of a gubernatorial declared state of emergency or disaster in Louisiana.
Due to inclement weather in southwest Louisiana this morning, the Region 5 Office of Public Health is canceling emergency vaccines at the Calcasieu Parish Health Unit today. COVID-19 testing will be delayed until noon.
Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency in advance of Tropical Storm Beta, which could impact Louisiana in the coming days, allowing the state to assist local governments with their response needs.
This Emergency Order shall be effective immediately, beginning 5:00 p.m. on September 18, 2020, and shall remain in effect until further notice from the State Health Officer.