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Commentary: Louisiana’s Laissez-Faire Vaccine Policy Ditches Science for Politics
Terrebonne General Health System Appoints Chief of Staff, Vice-Chief of Staff
Matthew Mutter, MD, Joins Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
STHS Women’s Pavilion Recognized for Patient Experience
LA State Sen. Royce Duplessis to be Honored at Ascension DePaul Foundation’s Gala
Louisiana Reports First U.S. H5N1-Related Human Death
STHS Holds Free Advance Care Planning workshops for 2025
University Medical Center Partners to Establish Fund to Support Victims of Bourbon Street Attack
February 12, 2024
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center to Host...

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center will host its “Barbershop Bash” event on Feb. 17 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Vogue Salon (111 S. Cherry Street) in Hammond. This no-cost community screening event will offer educational resources on prevention and early detection as well as screenings for prostate and colorectal cancer. There will also be free food, music, and activities for children.

While appointments are encouraged, walk-in screenings are available. To make an appointment, call (985) 239-5739 or visit marybird.org/barbershopbash.

February 12, 2024
Annual Over and Under Tunnel Run 5K to b...

The 49th Annual Over and Under Tunnel Run 5k is set to take place on March 16 starting at 3 p.m. at the Houma Municipal Auditorium. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Foundation for Terrebonne General Health System.

The Over and Under Tunnel Run encourages living a healthy lifestyle, and 100% of all proceeds will remain in the community.

February 12, 2024
University Medical Center Announces Seni...

University Medical Center New Orleans (UMC) announced additions to its leadership team.

February 6, 2024
Fleecing the Middle Class While Paving t...

Recently-elected Governor Jeff Landry made an appearance at the Louisiana Hospital Association’s two-day winter symposium last week carrying a newly negotiated board seat from the proposed new not for profit BCBSLA’s current board members are hoping to start with $3 billion extracted from BCBSLA, if the proposed buyout by Elevance, a for-profit insurer, is allowed.  Landry presented three options for the proposed deal, which must be approved by BCBSLA’s policy members and the newly appointed insurance commissioner, Tim Temple, who was also promised a seat on the board recently.  These two b

February 6, 2024
Flu Cases in Louisiana Among the Highest...

The Louisiana State Health Department recently released that Louisiana and South Carolina hold among the highest rates of flu activity in the U.S.

LDH also confirmed the first flu-related death of a child for this season. The death hailed from the Baton Rouge area.

State Epidemiologist Theresa Sokol was quoted as saying, “Activity in the U.S. this year, and really it’s pretty much the same usually from year to year, starts to increase in the southeastern and the south Atlantic states first.” Hospitalizations are on the rise, as well.