This article by Lorena O’Neil was published in Louisiana Illuminator on Oct. 31, 2024
Health care workers and advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday against the state of Louisiana, on their own and on behalf of their patients, challenging Act 246, a new state law reclassifying mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled dangerous substances.
By: Dianne Marie Normand Hartley, chief editor, US Healthcare Journals
The following article was published in CityBusiness on Oct. 28, 2024
A $300,000 grant from the Louisiana Department of Health will help University of New Orleans researchers to bridge the gap in understanding between caregivers and autistic children by using artificial intelligence-powered insights.
Researchers will leverage state-of-the-art AI technologies to understand, monitor and predict behavioral patterns and outcomes in autistic children between the ages of 2-5.
The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University joins Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and six other universities as the site of one of a series of new regional centers the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is establishing around the country to help regions better prepare for future pandemics and other public health emergencies.
Terrebonne General | Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center’s Live Well Bayou, a no-cost early detection and education event, will be held on Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Terrebonne General Health System (8200 Main Street, Houma) in the drive-thru center parking area. This community event will provide residents from Terrebonne Parish and surrounding communities an opportunity to take advantage of four different types of cancer screenings, including breast, prostate, colorectal, and skin cancer.
