September 25, 2025

Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, a potential breakthrough that could allow easier, community-based screenings for the world’s deadliest infectious disease.

September 25, 2025

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.