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The slow road to getting vaccinated after back-to-back hurricanes
A state program aims to make COVID-19 vaccinations accessible to residents of southwest Louisiana, where vaccine rates are low and people are displaced.
A state program aims to make COVID-19 vaccinations accessible to residents of southwest Louisiana, where vaccine rates are low and people are displaced.
Using direct, compassionate and accessible language, the Acadiana Black Nurses Association has worked to improve health literacy from the ground up.
Despite new rules that would put the cost burden fully on the federal government, Louisiana’s hotel programs are ending, including the state’s largest in Acadiana.
If you consider yourself a conservative, we want to hear from you.
Headlines in the last couple of weeks have put anti-Asian sentiment in the spotlight. How do they measure up with your experiences locally?
A generational challenge has no easy solutions. But there are opportunities to pivot using what we already have at our disposal.
Despite growing supply, there are people who want vaccines and are struggling to get them.
After the last year, we could all use one. And if you and yours are fully vaccinated, it’s safe to share an embrace. But are you ready?
A generational shift that raises an important question: How can we replace the jobs we’ve already lost and those we stand to lose in the future?
Hotel rooms arranged by local housing advocates kept hundreds of people warm during last week’s crushing freeze. Donations poured in across the Acadiana region. But the makeup of people in need underscores rising housing insecurity in the area.
Overwhelmingly, respondents said recent press accurately reflected Lafayette and that our community is getting worse.
National headlines have been, let’s say, unflattering. This is not Lafayette, some say. Well is it? Join the conversation here.
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