December 11, 2025

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.

December 3, 2025

Louisiana Healthcare Connections is expanding its meal delivery services to improve the health outcomes of women with high-risk pregnancies who face food insecurity. This new offering builds on the health plan’s existing meal benefit, which provides nutritious, medically tailored meals to members recovering after a hospital stay.

The post-discharge component of the benefit remains available to all eligible members and includes:

·  Two meals per day for seven days following hospital discharge

December 3, 2025

By: Julie O'Donoghue  November 25, 2025  Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana lawmakers signed off last week on one-year extensions to the state’s six biggest government contracts, collectively worth more than $17 billion. The agreements are with the six health care companies that manage health insurance for Louisiana Medicaid recipients. 

December 3, 2025

Obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation are two conditions that share a potentially deadly link. Having one increases the odds of developing the other, and together, the breathing difficulties of sleep apnea combined with the irregular heartbeat of atrial fibrillation (AFib) can result in life-threatening cardiovascular risks.

The standard treatment for AFib is catheter ablation, a procedure in which doctors create scars within the heart to stop the electrical impulses that cause irregular heart rhythms.

November 25, 2025

By: Julie O'Donoghue-November 25, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, who rolled back government vaccine distribution as the state’s top public health official, has been appointed to the second highest position at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Abraham, a 71-year-old medical doctor, lives in rural Richland Parish and served as a Republican congressman representing Northeast Louisiana from 2015-21. He could not be reached for comment Tuesday.