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Screen capture of CDC video streamThe Baton Rouge OBGYN is also on the CDC vaccine advisory panel that voted to end recommending the Hepatitis B vaccine for all infants at birth. -
Drew Hawkins/Gulf States NewsroomAn expert with the Louisiana Opioid Surveillance Program says that the decrease in deaths coincides with an increase in treatment and harm reduction.
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On this week’s episode, we take a look at how drug checking services save lives in the Netherlands — and why there aren’t any in the Gulf South. -
National Nurses United has been negotiating new staff contracts with UMC administrators since March 2024. This is the fifth strike in just over a year. -
Undue Medical Debt partnered to pay off debts for more than 123,000 people across Orleans Parish. Now, the nonprofit warns that the issue could soon get worse. -
Louisiana is suspending its temporary assistance program that would provide November funds to most Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in the state amid the ongoing government shutdown. -
A letter from Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein to staff at LDH states that employees will be furloughed without pay for up to 240 hours between November 3 and December 2. -
After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response. -
After weeks of confusion over vaccine guidance, new federal recommendations say COVID-19 vaccines are available for everyone over 6 months. -
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a lawsuit this week that calls on the federal government to strike down rules that allow the distribution of abortion drugs without an in-person doctor’s visit. -
Both the U.S. and the Netherlands wrestle with the politics of drug use, but their approaches diverge in key ways that reflect deeper ideological divides.
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On this week’s episode, we’re taking a look at who can get a COVID-19 vaccine in the Gulf South.
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Despite the opioid crisis’ deadly toll, U.S police treat drug use as a criminal issue. But in the Netherlands, a public health approach has seen better results. -
Louisiana lawmakers concluded their 2025 legislative session on Thursday by passing the state’s $51 billion budget. -
Alabama has 44 certified SANEs for the entire state. Louisiana has 42. Mississippi only has 6 — for a population of almost three million. -
New Orleans health department fields complaints over access obstacles for non-abortion health needs. -
The billboards are part of a campaign by The Brigid Alliance, a national group that offers to help people cover the costs of traveling to states where abortion is legal. -
Legislation requiring parental consent for any medical and mental health treatment of a minor advanced from the full House on Tuesday. -
Federal funding has helped states like Alabama and Mississippi make strides in fighting the HIV epidemic. Doctors and advocates are worried about the future. -
A New York doctor was indicted alongside a Louisiana mother who allegedly received the mailed package and gave the pills prescribed by the physician to her minor daughter. -
Legislation to impose additional fines on people convicted of sexual assault is moving through the Louisiana Legislature amid federal cuts to the centers. -
A Louisiana House committee shelved a bill Wednesday (May 7) that would have made it illegal for someone to “intentionally” expose another person to an “incurable” sexually transmitted disease after steep concerns that criminalization could worsen the state’s proliferating STD rates.
