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12/29/2004  -  Intensive Health Insurance Outreach Program to begin in Central Louisiana
12/28/2004  -  Deputy Secretary Travels Statewide to Discuss Long-Term Care with Regional Consortia
12/17/2004  -  Getting a Birth Certificate or Death Record Made Easier
12/15/2004  -  Louisiana Improves Its Ranking Among Key Indicators for States’ Bioterrorism Preparedness
12/15/2004  -  Louisiana Seeks Federal OK to Join Medicaid Pharmaceutical Purchasing Pool
12/13/2004  -  Gov. Blanco Convenes Third Health Care Reform Meeting
12/10/2004  -  Oyster Transplant Permits Available
12/06/2004  -  Acadiana Area Health Care Consortium to Meet Wednesday
12/03/2004  -  DHH Medicaid, Mental Health Collaborate on Project to Improve Preventive Mental Health Care
12/02/2004  -  Health Department Receives Grant to Monitor Hazardous Substances Emergency Events
12/02/2004  -  Health Department Detects Seven New West Nile Cases
11/30/2004  -  Tis the Season for Holiday Safety
11/29/2004  -  CommunityCARE Week is Nov. 28-Dec. 4
11/22/2004  -  Health Department Serves Up Tips for Thanksgiving Food Safety
11/15/2004  -  Lead Paint Safety Seminar to be Held in Baton Rouge
11/12/2004  -  State Receives Shipment of Additional Flu Vaccines
11/12/2004  -  Human West Nile Cases Now Total 101
11/09/2004  -  LaCHIP exceeds short-term enrollment goal
11/08/2004  -  State Health Rankings Published
11/04/2004  -  Mobile Health Fair Set to Roll in Baton Rouge
10/28/2004  -  Fontainebleau Beach Reopened for Swimming
10/26/2004  -  National Health Survey Underway in Jefferson Parish
10/22/2004  -  Governor Orders State To Adopt Plan For Improving Long-Term Care
10/22/2004  -  Meeting on Long-Term Care to Be Held
10/20/2004  -  Health Department Reports 89 West Nile cases for 2004
10/19/2004  -  Louisiana Reopens Remainder of Oyster Harvest Areas Closed by Tropical Storm Matthew
10/15/2004  -  BEACH WATER QUALITY ADVISORY: Fountainebleau State Park
10/14/2004  -  Say Boo To Dangerous Trick-or-Treating
10/14/2004  -  Louisiana Reopens Some Oyster Beds
10/13/2004  -  Health Officials to Conduct Flu Vaccine Survey
10/12/2004  -  Baton Rouge Providers Receive Federal Health Care Grant - Funds will be used to expand access for the uninsured
10/12/2004  -  Health Department Makes Tetanus/Diptheria Vaccine Available to Terrebonne Parish Residents
10/10/2004  -  State Temporarily Closes Oyster Beds
10/08/2004  -  Louisiana Health Department Selected to Attend National Policy Academy
10/08/2004  -  Southwest Louisiana Health Care Consortium (Region 5) Has Been Selected and Will Hold First Meeting
10/06/2004  -  Access to Recovery Community Meeting to be held in Shreveport
10/06/2004  -  Louisiana Responds to Anticipated Flu Shot Shortage
10/06/2004  -  DHH Begins Aggressive Monitoring of Mental Health Rehab Providers
10/05/2004  -  New Orleans Area Health Care Reform Consortium Named
10/05/2004  -  Health Department Reports 20 New West Nile Cases
10/04/2004  -  La. Rural and Underserved Areas Receive Health Care Funds
09/30/2004  -  Hammond/Slidell Area Health Consortium Meeting Scheduled
09/30/2004  -  Health Officials Detect Encephalitis Cases In Horses From Two Parishes
09/28/2004  -  Baton Rouge Area Health Care Consortium Named
09/27/2004  -  Northeast Louisiana Health Care Consortium (Region 8) Has Been Selected and Will Hold First Meeting
09/21/2004  -  State Officials Declare Youth Suicide Prevention and Awareness Week Sept. 19-25
09/21/2004  -  Health Department Detects 15 New West Nile Cases
09/20/2004  -  Central Louisiana Health Care Consortium Selected
09/17/2004  -  Region 9 Health Care Consortium Selected
09/16/2004  -  Safety is Key When Returning Home after a Hurricane
09/16/2004  -  Special Needs Shelters Have Been Closed
09/15/2004  -  Covington Special Needs Shelter is Open
09/15/2004  -  New Orleans Special Needs Shelter Opened
09/14/2004  -  Health Officials Stress the Importance of Generator Safety
09/14/2004  -  Health Officials to Open Shelters For People With Special Medical Conditions
09/14/2004  -  New Orleans Area Heath Offices Close
09/14/2004  -  New Phone Numbers Added for Houma/Thibodaux and Monroe-Area Special Needs Shelter Triage
09/14/2004  -  State Issues Precautionary Closure of ALL Oyster Harvest Areas
09/08/2004  -  Never Too Late to Sign Up for Lighten Up
09/08/2004  -  Five New West Nile Cases Confirmed
09/02/2004  -  Gov. Blanco Declares September National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
08/27/2004  -  More Human West Nile Virus Confirmed
08/25/2004  -  Louisiana Receives $22 Million to Expand Addiction Treatment
08/23/2004  -  Region 3 Health Care Consortium Organizational Meeting Announced
08/23/2004  -  Slidell Health Unit Staff Vaccinate 373 Patients in Statewide Immunization Drill
08/20/2004  -  Health Care Consortium Members Named for Northwest Louisiana
08/18/2004  -  More West Nile, St. Louis Cases Detected Statewide
08/17/2004  -  State Confirms First West-Nile Related Death
08/17/2004  -  Bossier Man Dies From St. Louis Encephalitis
08/12/2004  -  Immunization Drill a Success in Livingston Parish
08/05/2004  -  Community Meetings Set To Discuss Addiction Treatment
08/05/2004  -  Louisiana Makes Progress With Program to Treat
08/05/2004  -  Grand Isle State Park Swimming Advisory Rescinded
08/05/2004  -  Have Your Children Gotten Their Shots?
08/05/2004  -  LaCHIP Goes Back-to-School
08/03/2004  -  State Encourages Parents to Seek Health Coverage
08/02/2004  -  No Cost Back-to-School Shots for Kids
08/02/2004  -  Townsend Named Medicaid Medical Director
07/30/2004  -  DHH Announces Strategy to Boost Childhood Immunizations
07/29/2004  -  Louisiana Moves Forward with Health Care Reform
07/28/2004  -  Health Department Launches Statewide Weight Loss, Fitness Competition
07/27/2004  -  DHH Substance Abuse Services Awarded Accreditation
07/27/2004  -  More Children Aided by EarlySteps
07/16/2004  -  Fontainebleau Beach Reopened for Swimming
07/15/2004  -  Two sites at Grand Isle State Park Reopened for Swimming
07/15/2004  -  Med Job Louisiana recruits 16 new primary care providers
07/14/2004  -  Lafayette Will Host DHH Press Conference Thursday
07/12/2004  -  Tallulah Mental Health Services Relocated
07/07/2004  -  Cypremort Point Beach Advisory Lifted
07/06/2004  -  Tobacco Sales to Minors Lower in Louisiana
07/02/2004  -  Dr. Cerise, Others To Announce Fewer Tobacco Sales to Louisiana Youth
07/02/2004  -  BEACH WATER QUALITY ADVISORY: Grand Isle
07/01/2004  -  Mercury and Fish Advisories Issued for 9 Waterways
06/29/2004  -  G.B. Cooley Withdraws as Medicaid Provider in Supervised Independent Living Program
06/28/2004  -  Substance Abuse Forums to be Held in Acadiana
06/28/2004  -  BEACH WATER QUALITY ADVISORY: Fountainebleau State Park
06/28/2004  -  BEACH WATER QUALITY ADVISORY: Cypremort State Park
06/28/2004  -  LaCHIP Hits “Century Mark”
06/25/2004  -  DHH Launches Online Database of Health Care Funding
06/25/2004  -  Shreveport Plays Host to Regional LaCHIP Conference
06/24/2004  -  National HIV Testing Day is June 27
06/22/2004  -  Governor’s Health Care Reform Panel to Hold First Meeting
06/21/2004  -  DHH Investigates Salmonella Illnesses
06/17/2004  -  Terrebonne Mental Health Clinic Moves to Permanent Location
06/07/2004  -  DHH Makes $2.8 Million Loan to the Lafayette Parish Waterworks District North
06/04/2004  -  Health Care Systems Have Major Economic Impacts
06/03/2004  -  Keeping Your Drinking Water Safe After Area Storms
06/03/2004  -  Event Premiers DHH Economic Development Planning Tool
05/28/2004  -  Governor Blanco Seeks Regional Input for Health Care Reform
05/28/2004  -  Health Department Advises "Swim At Your Own Risk"
05/25/2004  -  Louisiana Prepared For Emergency Health Threat Response
05/21/2004  -  Press Conference Set To Tout State’s Biopreparedness
05/18/2004  -  Health Department Employee To Receive Patriot Award
05/18/2004  -  State Recognizes Emergency Medical Workers
05/17/2004  -  Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Appointments for DHH
05/14/2004  -  Study Sheds Light on Louisiana’s Uninsured
05/13/2004  -  Health Department Launches “Leaux-Fat” Cooking Site
05/12/2004  -  Health Officials Introduce Program to Help Children of Alcoholic Parents
05/10/2004  -  Beach Water Quality Monitoring Begins at 3 Public Beaches
05/07/2004  -  Week Full of Activities to Help Louisiana’s Uninsured
05/06/2004  -  WIC Mothers of the Year to Be Honored at Reception
05/04/2004  -  Two New Health Care Centers to Open in Capital Area
04/29/2004  -  Safe Sleeping At Women & Children's Baby Fair
04/29/2004  -  Office of Mental Health to Host Jail Diversion Conference
04/27/2004  -  St. Martinville Medicaid Office Moves to Lafayette Location
04/06/2004  -  National Public Health Week Display Available at Capitol
04/05/2004  -  Blanco Declares April 8 National Alcohol Screening Day
04/02/2004  -  H.L. Bourgeois High School TB Update
03/31/2004  -  Income Limits Increase for State Health Programs: Thousands Who Were Denied LaCHIP Coverage Now May Be Eligible
03/31/2004  -  Income Limits Increase for State Health Programs
03/29/2004  -  DHH Early Childhood Mental Health Program Successful in Six Parishes
03/24/2004  -  La. Smokers Find Help Through 1-800-LUNGUSA
03/22/2004  -  Health Department Declares Open Season on Dead Birds
03/17/2004  -  State and Local Officials Host Full-Scale Emergency Health Response Drill
03/05/2004  -  Gov. Blanco Declares Problem Gambling Awareness Week
03/05/2004  -  Governor Blanco and DHH Secretary Cerise pledge to implement ideas generated at historic Louisiana Health Care Summit
02/26/2004  -  Terrebonne Mental Health Clinic Remains Closed
02/03/2004  -  Louisiana Officials Launch Family Biopreparedness Campaign  
01/30/2004  -  Health Department Launches In-Home Care Program
01/28/2004  -  Health Department Releases 2003 West Nile Totals
01/27/2004  -  Seniors & People with Disabilities Can Find Relief  from Recent Medicare Premiums Increase
01/27/2004  -  Mardi Gras Food Vendors Must Have Permit
01/22/2004  -  LaMOMS Reaches One-Year Anniversary
01/21/2004  -  DHH Makes $6 Million Loan to Ascension Water Co.
01/16/2004  -  Trauma Task Force Releases Recommendations
01/15/2004  -  Ceremony to Recognize New Vital Records Center
01/14/2004  -  Louisiana Using Faith-Based Approach to Drug and Alcohol Treatment
01/09/2004  -  National Inhalant and Poison Awareness Week Encourages Prevention
01/09/2004  -  Legislative Auditor Gives DHH High Marks
01/09/2004  -  Media Will Have Access to Tabletop Drill Simulating Bioterrorism Event
01/07/2004  -  Medicaid Purchase Helps Clients Return to Work
01/06/2004  -  Parents Should Remove Ipecac From Homes
01/05/2004  -  State To Begin Construction of New Bio-Lab
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09/03/2010 - DHH suspends license of Shreveport abortion clinic - BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals today issued a notice of license revocation to Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport and ordered the clinic to immediately cease performing abortions after an investigation found violations that posed significant health and safety risks to clients. The immediate suspension of the facility’s license came under legislation signed this year by Gov. Bobby Jindal that gives the Department authority to immediately suspend an abortion facility’s license under certain circumstances.
 
09/03/2010 - Seven New Confirmed Cases of West Nile Virus - BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has confirmed seven new human cases of West Nile Virus, bringing this year’s total to 19. The seven new cases come from East Baton Rouge and Ascension Parishes. These cases are reported in DHH’s weekly Louisiana Arbovirus Surveillance Summary which can be found in the Surveillance Reports Section of the DHH Web site.
 
09/02/2010 - The Cameron Parish Health Unit has Reopened - BATON ROUGE - Two years after suffering extensive damage and being shut down following Hurricane Ike, the Cameron Parish Health Unit is back in business. This morning the facility reopened at its original location, 107 Recreation Center Lane in Cameron.
 

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