
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.
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A state program aims to make COVID-19 vaccinations accessible to residents of southwest Louisiana, where vaccine rates are low and people are displaced.
While outbreaks at crawfish production facilities and nursing homes are the primary drivers of new cases in the Acadiana region, spontaneous community spread remains a risk.
African Americans account for 39% of coronavirus deaths in the state’s seven-parish health region but only 27% of the population.
On March 21 the Louisiana Department of Health directed health care providers to transition all of its visits to telehealth, “when medically appropriate and when the same standard of care can be met as an in-person visit.”