public health

New Orleans Pushes Toward Healthier Living

By • Jun 27, 2012
Tyler A. Gamble / Office of Mayor Mitch Landrieu

The city of New Orleans is stepping up efforts to help residents get fit. The plan calls for more movement and less junk food.

Petitions Delivered To Federal Court For Keeping Corexit Maker in BP Lawsuit

By • Jun 15, 2012

A federal judge in New Orleans will accept materials through a deadline next week on whether Nalco, the maker of chemical dispersants used in the BP oil spill, can remain in litigation. Hundreds of signatures have been submitted to keep the chemical maker included. 

New Orleans Steps Up Mosquito Fight

By • Jun 12, 2012

New Orleans officials say the city's Mosquito and Termite Control Board has detected higher numbers of mosquitoes in the city.

That includes the variety known as the Southern house mosquito, identified as a carrier of West Nile virus.

The city said Monday in a news release that the board has responded by using insecticides targeting mosquito larvae and adults. Also, adult mosquitoes are being treated by fog trucks and by airplane.

Tulane Opens New Community Health Center

By • Jun 8, 2012
Tyler A. Gamble / Office of Mayor Mitch Landrieu

Tulane University has opened a new health center inside the former Ruth’s Chris Steak House on North Broad Street. Up to 1,500 patients can receive care at the center every month — with or without insurance.

Beach Bacteria Warnings Up From Last Year in Mississippi

By • Jun 4, 2012

BILOXI, Miss. — Mississippi's Department of Environmental Quality has posted more warnings of high bacteria levels along Mississippi beaches so far this year than in all of 2011. But the head of the Harrison County Sand Beach Authority says there have been fewer sewer-related problems in the past few years than there used to be. 

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