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The strike is coinciding with a busy tourist weekend because of a trio of Taylor Swift shows.

The nurses union has been negotiating its first contract with LCMC Health for several months.

The week-long, free program gives medical professionals tools to provide trauma-informed care — and potentially help with prosecutions.

Some states are emerging from the omicron surge, but hospitals in the Gulf South are in crisis. Demand for beds is up, but there are shortages of staff.

While industry and government officials agree something needs to be done to prevent the tens of thousands of debilitating injuries among nursing staff, nobody can agree how to enforce it.

Nursing employees suffer 35,000 back and other injuries nearly every year. But many career-ending injuries could be prevented if hospitals brought in new technology and taught "safe patient handling."

Jobs that require only a two-year degree are the fastest growing in the healthcare sector. That’s especially true in the Baton Rouge area, according to…

In 2011, EQHealth Solutions created a pilot coaching program for Peoples Health Members and Nurse Case Managers at East Jefferson General Hospital. The…