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The East Baton Rouge Metro Council hopes to persuade more public service retirees to switch to a government-funded health care plan it offers to help make up for a $21 million budget shortfall.
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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.
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Kathryn Bancroft began her role as caregiver as a teenager volunteering at Louisiana Lions Camp. Although her job as a camp counselor ended years ago, the lessons it taught her stick with her today.
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Frederick Griffith was a personal trainer when he started to care for his mother, Anna Hampton. As he became her caregiver he not only found inspiration to start his latest business, but found a way to serve those whose voices were being forgotten.
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Obituaries were used to identify more than half the deceased recipients.
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Today we hear from Marirose Bernard, a registered nurse with nearly 50 years of experience who found that the role of caregiver was just as difficult as anything she encountered in her profession.
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The two Planned Parenthood reproductive health clinics in Louisiana will close their doors at the end of next month, its regional leader announced.
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Two new Louisiana abortion restriction laws took effect Friday, including one that allows Louisianians to sue out-of-state providers of abortion-inducing medications.
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The future of rural hospitals in Louisiana is being questioned in the wake of Medicaid cuts passed by the GOP.
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State lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to extend the law this year to cover the intentional exposure of other sexually transmitted infections.
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Now that the cuts have been approved, here are some ways people in Louisiana could be impacted.
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Transgender Louisianians will no longer receive Medicaid reimbursement for any gender-affirming care prescriptions if their provider uses certain gender-related diagnosis codes, according to multiple LGBTQ+ organizations.