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FMOL Health Named to Forbes America’s Best-In-State Employers 2026 List 
Ochsner Transplant Institute Performs 10,000th Transplant Surgery
A Medical Travesty:  Trumps Vaccine Executive Order Signing — “Nothing Bad Can Happen” and American Academy of Pediatrics and Over 210 in Opposition to this Order
HHS Releases Report Exposing Fraudulent Insurance Coding for Sex-rejecting Procedures on Minors
Former Senior NIAID Official Pleads Guilty to Charges Connected to Concealing Federal Records During COVID-19 Pandemic
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center to Host ‘Barbershop Bash’ Screening Event in Baton Rouge
FranU Receives Statewide Recognition 
Edgardo Tenreiro Named Chair of Louisiana Hospital Association
December 17, 2025
U.S. Senate GOP Rolls Out Health Care Pl...

By:Jennifer Shutt-December 9, 2025 Arkansas Advocate

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans announced Tuesday they will hold a vote on their own health care proposal later this week to counter a Democratic bill that would extend enhanced tax credits for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans for three more years.

The 32-page GOP bill would not address the expiring ACA marketplace tax credits but would send payments to certain Americans through Health Savings Accounts to cover some of the cost of health care. 

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December 11, 2025
Ochsner’s Pete November Recognized by Mo...

Ochsner Health announced that Pete November, president and CEO, was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare of 2025.

This recognition program acknowledges and honors individuals who are deemed by the Modern Healthcare newsroom to be the most influential figures in the industry in terms of leadership and impact.

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December 11, 2025
CDC Vaccine Committee Overturns Decades-...

By: Maya Homan-Dec. 5, 2025  Louisiana Illuminator

ATLANTA — A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee voted to eliminate a recommendation that all newborn babies receive a vaccine against hepatitis B, ending a policy that has been in place since 1991 to protect Americans against an incurable liver disease that can lead to cirrhosis, cancer and liver failure. 

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December 11, 2025
Louisiana Abruptly Cuts Two Medicaid Con...

By:Julie O'Donoghue  Dec. 9, 2025  Louisiana Illuminator

 

Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration is abruptly ending contracts with two of the six companies that provide Medicaid insurance in Louisiana, a move that could leave 488,500 residents uncertain of what health care they will have starting Jan. 1. 

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December 11, 2025
FranU Holds Fall 2025 Graduation and Pin...

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University celebrates more than 130 Fall 2025 graduates with a series of pinning and awards ceremonies beginning Dec. 11 and continuing through Saturday, Dec. 13.

Pinning and awards ceremonies will take place in St. Francis Hall on the following schedule:

·   School of Nursing: Dec. 11, at 10:30 a.m.

·   School of Health Professions: Dec. 11, at 2:30 p.m.

·   School of Arts and Sciences: Dec. 11, at 2:30 p.m.

·   Doctor of Nurse Practice, Nurse Anesthesia Program: Dec. 12, at 10 a.m.

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