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Mobile COVID-19 testing in southwest Louisiana moves to new location
Next week, COVID-19 mobile testing for Region 5 is moving to a new location in Lake Charles. Community testing is available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to noon.
LDH News
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Gov. Edwards Declares State of Emergency in Advance of Dual Tropical Systems Threatening Louisiana
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Court grants LDH's petition for temporary restraining order against Ruston restaurant following COVID-19 violations
The Louisiana Department of Health on Friday obtained a temporary restraining order against Peking Buffet, located at 1300 North Vienna Street in Ruston, following excessive non-compliance with Gov. John Bel Edwards' emergency order aimed at mitigating the spread of COVID-19.
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Mobile COVID-19 testing open all next week at Lake Charles Civic Center
Throughout next week, mobile testing for Region 5 will continue at the Lake Charles Civic Center from 8 a.m. until noon from Monday, August 17 to Friday, August 21
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LDH Blog: Q&A with the RMDs: Dr. Tina Stefanski
In this Q&A blog series, our regional public health leaders will be answering many of the same questions, and together they will paint a statewide perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic and their communities' response. Dr. Tina Stefanski is the regional medical director for Region 4, which includes the parishes of Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin and Vermilion.
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Office of Public Health's Dr. Tina Stefanski featured in LDH Blog Q&A series
"Changing behavior is hard. We have a very friendly, outgoing culture here in Acadiana. The idea of social distancing is very new for all of us, but it is such a critically important piece to slowing down transmission, flattening the curve and, ultimately, saving lives," Dr. Stefanski writes of Acadiana.
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Medicaid Open Enrollment begins October 15, 2020
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Department of Health attributes fourth death to Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
MIS-C is a serious health condition in young people less than 21 years of age where different body organs can become inflamed and fail. These include the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes or gastrointestinal organs.
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August 2020 Legislative Oversight Committee Activity
The August 2020 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)
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2019-2020 Kindergarten School Report - Interactive Map
The results of the 2019-2020 Kindergarten School Report are available online now. Users can access reported school-level data, for the first time ever, via the new interactive map.
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August 2020 Final Rules
The Louisiana Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted Final Rules to the Office of the State Register for publication in the August 20, 2020 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.
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Reminder of the 2020-2021 school reporting requirements for Louisiana schools, click here for more information.