Ochsner Baton Rouge has reached a two-way patient data-sharing agreement with East Baton Rouge Parish Emergency Medical Services. The first arrangement of its kind in the Capital region, this data-sharing model benefits both EMS and emergency department staff at Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge.

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is reporting the second detected case of monkeypox infection in a Louisiana resident.

There are likely more undiagnosed human cases of monkeypox existing in Louisiana than have been formally tested and identified to date.