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State Has Highest Infant Vaccination Rate for Hepatitis B
Louisiana has been nationally recognized as having achieved the highest rate of infants who have been vaccinated for Hepatitis B by 6 - 8 months.
LDH News
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Deceased Katrina Victims Released to Families 1-4-2006
Recovered Bodies – At this time, state officials, working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes, have recovered 1,100 bodies. This is an increase from 1,096 recovered bodies reported on Dec. 21, 2005.
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Licensing Requirements Reinstated for Out-of-State Medical Professionals
Baton Rouge --- Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco issued Executive Order 2005-33 to allow out-of-state doctors and other licensed medical professionals to provide emergency services to patients. The Executive Order was renewed several times and is now set to expire on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005. In anticipation of this expiration date, the Department of Health and Hospitals worked with various professional boards to develop an expedited process for a temporary “permission to practice.”
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Licensing Requirements Reinstated for Out-of-State Medical Professionals
Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco issued Executive Order 2005-33 to allow out-of-state doctors and other licensed medical professionals to provide emergency services to patients. The Executive Order was renewed several times and is now set to expire on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005. In anticipation of this expiration date, the Department of Health and Hospitals worked with various professional boards to develop an expedited process for a temporary “permission to practice.”
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Identification of Katrina Victims Continues
Using dental records, fingerprints and medical records while working with families to discover unique characteristics and analyzing personal effects, forensic experts at the Victim Identification Center in Carville, Louisiana continue to discover the identities of Louisiana citizens who died during Hurricane Katrina. In addition, officials with the Louisiana State Police and the Victim Identification Center in Carville learned today of the first DNA match and subsequent identification since special DNA contracts were signed in December.
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Call Center Continues to Locate Missing Storm Victims
At the Find Family National Call Center in Baton Rouge, the steady hum of office work is interrupted almost five times every hour by the ringing of a bell. This bell signifies that a person who had been reported missing following Hurricane Katrina has been found alive.
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Commission with DNA Expertise from Conflicts in the Former Yugoslavia Helping to Identify Katrina Victims
Please click here to see the press release the International Commission on Missing Persons released on its work to identify Katrina victims.
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DHH Clarifies Refunding FEMA-Funding
Baton Rouge – Recent news accounts have reported the Department of Health and Hospitals has been overpaid by FEMA by nearly $340 million, and that DHH has returned that overpayment.
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Southwest Louisiana Oyster Harvesting Area Expanded
The Department of Health and Hospitals announces the expansion of oyster harvesting in the Lower Calcasieu Lake Conditional Management Area, effective Dec. 26, 2005.
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Deceased Katrina Victims Released 12-21-2005
Recovered Bodies – At this time, state officials, working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes, have recovered 1,096 bodies. This is an increase from 1,095 recovered bodies reported on Dec. 16, 2005.
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NEWS ADVISORY: FEMA Assisting Louisiana Parishes with Disinterred Remains
Please click here to see the news advisory for FEMA's press event on assisting the state with identifying disinterred remains after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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Deceased Katrina Victims Released to Families 12-16-2005
Recovered Bodies – At this time, state officials, working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes, have recovered 1,095 bodies. This is an increase from 1,094 recovered bodies reported on Dec. 13, 2005.