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Abortion ban exceptions for child rape, incest fail in Louisiana House committee
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A Louisiana House of Representatives committee scuttled legislation on Tuesday, May 7, to create exceptions to the state’s
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Summer in Louisiana: Beat the heat and stay safe
By Damian Simoneaux Guest Contributor Louisiana summers are notoriously hot. From June to September, the state experiences average high temperatures in excess of 90 degrees
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By Bobbi-Jeanne Misick Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Incidents of intimate partner violence cost Louisianians $10.1 billion in 2022, according to a new report from Tulane University’s Newcomb Institute. FDA announces recall of heart pumps linked to deaths and injuries
By Daniel Chang and Holly K. Hacker Contributing Writers (kffhealthnews.org) — A pair of heart devices linked to hundreds of injuries and at least 14 deaths has received the FDA’s most serious ... Lawsuit alleges Obamacare Plan-switching scheme targeted low-income consumers
By Julie Appleby Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — A wide-ranging lawsuit filed Friday (April 12) outlines a moneymaking scheme by which large insurance sales agency call centers enrolled people into Affordable Care Act ... To close racial gap in maternal health, some states take aim at implicit bias
By Nada Hassanein Contributing Writer (Special from Stateline via lailluminator.com) — Countless times, Kenda Sutton-El, a Virginia doula, has witnessed her Black pregnant clients being dismissed or ignored by clinicians. Insurer delays and denials hamper patients seeking at-home breathing machines
By Tom Murphy Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — Lou Gehrig’s disease took away Grace Armant’s ability to speak, but the 84-year-old still has plenty to say about her insurance. How your in-network health coverage can vanish
By Elisabeth Rosenthal Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — Sarah Feldman, 35, received the first ominous letters from Mount Sinai Medical last November. The New York hospital system warned it was having trouble negotiating ... Racial disparities and environmental factors influence sarcoidosis risk in US population
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — New research published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society reveals significant racial disparities in sarcoidosis incidence in the United States. ... State seeks to overturn court ruling of ‘abhorrent’ prison health care at Angola
By Richard A. Webster Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — A federal district court’s November ruling that medical care provided at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola amounted to “abhorrent cruel and unusual punishment” ...
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