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The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has launched “Katrina Missing,” a Web site to aid families of people who are missing or presumed deceased following Hurricane Katrina.
Recovered Bodies – At this time, state officials, working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes, have recovered 1,094 bodies. This is a decrease from the 1,098 recovered bodies reported on Dec. 9, 2005. The number decreased because some bodies at the Victim Identification Center in Carville were inadvertently counted twice in the DMORT database, which altered last week’s count.
Recovered Bodies – At this time, state officials, working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes, have recovered 1,098 bodies. This is an increase from 1,090 recovered bodies reported on Dec. 1, 2005.
Please click here to read the press release Louisiana State Police distributed announcing the vendors for the DNA contract.
State health officials have lifted boil orders for some water systems in eastern New Orleans that were seriously impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Boil orders were lifted Dec. 8 for the areas bounded by Lake Pontchartrain on the north, the Intracoastal Waterway on the south and from the Industrial Canal eastward to the end of the distribution system at Venetian Isles.
The Department of Health and Hospitals-Office of Public Health has additional flu vaccine available at parish health units for all citizens who have not yet received their shot. However, state health officials remind those who are in high-risk groups for the flu that they should get their flu vaccines immediately, if they have not done so already.
State health officials have lifted boil orders for some water systems in St. Bernard Parish that were seriously impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Boil orders were lifted Dec. 7 for upper St. Bernard Parish, specifically the area west of and including Eastwood Manor Subdivision in the Verret area. Advisories were lifted Nov. 29 for the area of St. Bernard Parish bounded by the Orleans/St. Bernard Parish line, Paris Road, Judge Perez Drive and the Mississippi River.
Recovered Bodies – At this time, state officials, working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes, have recovered 1,090 bodies. This is an increase from 1,086 recovered bodies reported on Nov. 28, 2005.
State health officials have lifted boil orders for some water systems in St. Bernard Parish that were seriously impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Boil orders were lifted Nov. 22 for the area bounded by the Orleans/St. Bernard Parish line, Paris Road, Judge Perez Drive and the Mississippi River.
Recovered Bodies – At this time, state officials, working in conjunction with coroners from local parishes, have recovered 1,086 bodies. This is an increase from 1,079 recovered bodies reported on Nov. 18, 2005.
There are approximately 76 million cases of foodborne illness in the United States each year. These diseases spread easiest at holiday times, as people prepare dishes for large gatherings, using many different utensils and types of food, and have more cooks than usual in the kitchen. With Thanksgiving coming up, state health officials remind everyone to practice food safety tips when preparing their holiday meal.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has been awarded a federal contract to develop a prototype of health information sharing and electronic health record support that can be used throughout the Gulf Coast region.