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🚨BREAKING🚨 The Louisiana Department of Health has forbid its staff from promoting COVID, flu or mpox vaccines. It's a dramatic shift in vaccine policy, and a strict and sweeping ban that applies to all aspects of the health department's work. npr.org/sections/shots…
Just had a very brief conversation with Sen. Cassidy. I asked if RFK Jr. had reassured him “I’d rather just characterize it as: we had a conversation” I also asked if he was still comfortable with his vote confirming RFK Jr. “I’d rather not comment on that”
Of course, now the fear is that the ACIP will be filled up with people who know nothing about vaccines except suspicion. I’ve just spoken with Secretary Kennedy, and I’ll continue to talk with him to ensure this is not the case. wsj.com/opinion/rfk-jr…
New: I teamed up with @elenalingshao and @nytgraphics to map more than 100 public TV and radio stations that are at risk of closing as a result of tonight's vote: nytimes.com/interactive/20… This is a time bomb that will go off in the fall, when the last federal grants run out.
Getting lots of posts and emails about the news. What will we do? Our work. Report fairly and deeply. And now and then, let a sense of humor flash. Thanks for joining us. We are here for all Americans.
New data shows more women in Louisiana had abortions last year than *before* the state banned nearly all abortions. Why? Telemedicine. wwno.org/public-health/…
RNS Award-Winning Journalism: National Reporter @jackmjenkins wins the @AChurchPress Award of Excellence with @rosiewestwood for the RNS/NPR collaboration, “Catholic bishops are spending millions less to fight abortion this election." religionnews.com/2024/10/20/cat…
“I was denied misoprostol, essentially leaving me with my dead baby inside of me even longer because the pharmacist said he couldn’t give it to me,” the mother wrote. “It was more horrific than it needed to be.” lailluminator.com/2025/06/06/med…
Louisiana's legislature has voted to outlaw grooming via a statute championed by a survivor of New Orleans's Catholic clergy molestation scandal, his wife and her father, who is a state senator. | theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
'Entirely preventable:' Agency scrutinizes 3 accidents, one deadly, at Louisiana chemical plant theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne… via @theadvocatebr
SCOOP: The National Weather Service has secured permission to hire about 125 new meteorologists & other specialists as it faces acute staffing shortages in wake of Trump admin. cuts cnn.com/2025/06/02/wea…
It is odd that while House Speaker @MikeJohnson has been working to reduce federal Medicaid spending nationally, @LAGovJeffLandry has requested the feds increase Medicaid spending in Louisiana by hundreds of millions of dollars annually. #lalege lailluminator.com/2025/06/01/lou…
A proposal to end the addition of fluoride from public drinking water in Louisiana failed Wednesday in the legislature following passionate testimony from health care and dental professionals, @elise_plunk reports #lalege #lagov lailluminator.com/briefs/attempt…
The MAHA movement seems focused on taking food dyes out of cereal. “How about we take E. coli out of our lettuce, so it doesn’t kill our kids?” says the dad of 9-year–old who landed in the hospital after eating tainted lettuce. @StephArmour1, KFF Health News + @washingtonpost
From failing to publicize a major outbreak to scaling back safety alert specialists, the Trump administration’s anti-regulatory and cost-cutting push risks unraveling a system that helps ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply, according to experts. wapo.st/4dvq28G
The Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee forwards a bill that would make it harder to win lawsuit damages over poor nursing home care. No objections. Local nursing homes are facing over 60 lawsuits about bed sores, sepsis, rotting flesh etc. #lalege
As Congress continues to debate cuts to Medicaid, a new report shows that the program has been central to providing health coverage for women of childbearing age. Today on @LAConsidered, @rosiewestwood tells us how cuts will specifically impact pregnant people in rural areas.
Really important reporting from @kstromquist on the failures of Louisiana jails to meet the needs of pregnant and postpartum women. wwno.org/law/2025-05-19…
New @KFF research estimates between 140,000 and 230,000 people in Louisiana would lose health coverage under GOP proposed cuts kff.org/affordable-car…
