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Acadiana Cares to open Northside primary care and mental health clinic this summer
The clinic is expected to open in July and will provide primary care and mental health services.
The clinic is expected to open in July and will provide primary care and mental health services.
Louisiana has been building up a statewide system of mental health crisis response services. Now, the state is starting to roll out a similar program for children and adolescents.
With more women aware of the potential health risks and preferring a natural style, stylists say the ban offers too little and comes too late.
A box stocked with free non-perishable items for mothers and babies — diapers, bottles, baby wipes and the like — has been installed at the Lafayette Parish Public Health Unit on Willow Street.
LA40by2030’s plan is to raise Louisiana’s ranking to 40th in the nation by 2030.
Farmers, organizers and advocates who convened at Chicot State Park this week to discuss the impacts of climate change on agriculture.
Expanded health insurance access has been shown to reduce the racial mortality gap in other states. But in Louisiana the disparity persists.
Facing substantial unmet need among adolescents and children, Vermilion Behavioral Health Systems has added the only Lafayette-area inpatient mental health treatment serving that population.
RSV kills thousands of adults and hundreds of infants each year in the United States, and until this fall, there was no vaccine. Now there is, but it’s unclear how many patients are willing to accept the potentially life-saving measure.
Between peak season for respiratory illnesses, domestic disputes and too much food and alcohol, the holidays are a strength test for emergency rooms.
Local law enforcement agencies say they’re ill-equipped to handle mental health calls. So they’re trying a new approach.
A lesser known symptom of the flu, an inflammation of the skeletal muscles, can cause so much pain that it becomes impossible for patients to walk.
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