The American Heart Association announced that its multi-year effort to implement and fund cardiac emergency response plans (CERPs) in Louisiana schools and at school athletic events has been a success. This effort is part of the Association’s Nation of Lifesavers movement to double survival rates from cardiac arrest by 2030.
September 18, 2025
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, (R-LA), chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., asking him to support the pertussis, or whooping cough, vaccine.
Read the full letter below:
“Dear Secretary Kennedy:
September 18, 2025
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) announced the launch of a stakeholder engagement initiative to inform the Department’s application to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program. The Department will utilize this program to provide transformative changes with long-lasting health benefits for rural Louisianans.
September 18, 2025
Ochsner Health has earned the designation of Center of Excellence from the Wilson Disease Association (WDA). Under the leadership of hepatologists Ryan Himes, MD, Hrishikesh Samant, MD, and Steven Young, MD, this recognition underscores Ochsner’s commitment to providing specialized care and advanced treatment for patients with Wilson disease, a rare and complex liver condition.
September 18, 2025
Tulane University biomedical engineers are developing a new device to rapidly detect life-threatening blood-clotting problems in trauma patients using just a single drop of blood.
It’s a potentially life-saving advancement for cases of severe injury, where every minute counts as emergency teams work to stop bleeding and assess a patient’s coagulopathy, a condition that can cause excessive bleeding or blood clots due to defects in the body’s clotting process.
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