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Hospitals seek community input on Acadiana’s health challenges

WEBThe opening of the Ochsner Lafayette Community Health Clinic was partly driven by responses to the 2021 Community Health Needs Assessment, according to an …

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Louisiana ranks last on health. Can it dig itself out by 2030

WEBLouisiana ranks dead last on health nationwide — a new initiative aims to change that. Louisiana Health Equity Center founder and President Alma Stewart …

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Health insurance sign-ups increase after disasters – The Current

WEBHealth insurance sign-ups increase after disasters, Louisiana study finds. A Naquin family member recovers belongings from her home in Isle de Jean Charles, La., …

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Lafayette police form new unit for mental health crisis response

WEBSam Broussard sits on the steps of her apartment building in Lafayette, La., on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Photo by Alena Maschke. The department is currently looking …

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For LA children and teens in crisis, help is often far from home

WEBEditor’s note: The names of the mother and daughter featured in this story have been changed to protect their identity. Seeing her daughter Vivienne strapped to a …

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Lourdes unveils $100 million growth plan – The Current

WEBOur Lady of Lourdes Health will invest $100 million across its campuses over the next three to five years, the system announced this week. The first phase targets …

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Poverty, childhood trauma to blame for LA’s poor health ranking

WEBFighting poverty by increasing the minimum wage. Louisiana currently adheres to the federal minimum wage of $7.25, something the report says contributes to …

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Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with …

WEBThe order allows the use of a map that has majority Black populations in two of the state’s six congressional districts, potentially boosting Democrats’ chances of …

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Louisiana court may reopen window for lawsuits by adult victims …

WEBIn a 4-3 ruling in March, the state’s highest court had said the law conflicted with due process rights in the state constitution. Source: WWNO

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Our Lady of Lourdes Health – The Current

WEBThe hospital systems, with the assistance of United Way of Acadiana, are conducting a community survey to assess health needs.

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Facing potential no-confidence vote from union, chief steps down

WEBA founding editor of both The Independent and ABiz and senior editor at The Times of Acadiana in the 1990s, Leslie Turk is an award-winning investigative reporter …

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State’s chosen mental health crisis provider for Acadiana folds

WEBA month after a proposed deal with Lafayette police fizzled, The Ness Center, a group approved by the Louisiana Department of Health to provide mental …

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REPORT: Lafayette police chief to step down – The Current

WEBThe department’s command staff was notified in a meeting this morning that Judith Estorge stepped down as chief Wednesday but will remain in the department with …

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Help us investigate the youth mental health crisis – The Current

WEBGetting help often entails sending a young person in crisis to facilities out of the area, hours away from home, their friends, their family. Meanwhile, young Americans …

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Hospital adds Lafayette’s first mental health beds for kids

WEBVermilion Behavioral Health Systems, the only local mental health treatment facility offering inpatient services to patients under 18, recently added the first Lafayette …

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Louisiana’s high-flying hemp THC party could soon be over

WEBLawmakers could still reach a compromise that more tightly regulates the products to keep them from consumers younger than 21 but prevent an industry …

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Louisiana ranked worst state again by U.S. News: Here’s why

WEBThe U.S. News report ranked Louisiana in the following categories: crime/corrections, 50; economy, 49; education, 47; fiscal stability, 41; healthcare, 46

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Lafayette’s public health unit struggling to hire

WEBWhen Lafayette Parish Council members changed course this month and abandoned a slew of higher property tax rates for the coming year, they did so …

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Roughly 2,000 homes still without power after severe storm

WEBCrews worked restore power overnight, Lafayette Consolidated Government officials reported Tuesday morning, after high winds battered Lafayette. Around 7,500 …

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Sheriff creates mental health response team – The Current

WEBLafayette sheriff creates mental health response team. With the help of a federal grant, the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office has created a team to assist deputies …

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Column: LUS Fiber is in trouble

WEBIf you just skimmed LUS Fiber’s Comprehensive Annual Report, you might come away with the impression that things are going great over there. LUS Fiber’s …

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Northside neighbors object to planned mental health clinic

WEBA pair of local businessmen, hoping to turn a former public school into a mental health clinic, hit a wall of public resistance, putting the project in a tenuous …

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