A group of 50 pediatric burn survivors from across the state are headed to Baton Rouge General’s Camp Catahoula, a free, weeklong camp held annually in Lawrence, Miss. In its seventh year, Camp Catahoula provides summer fun like swimming, fishing, horseback riding, and games along with the chance for burn survivors to share their experiences with other survivors who have faced the same trauma, all as part of the healing process.
July 24, 2025
By: Anna Claire Vollers - July 21, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
Congress set aside $50 billion for rural hospitals and medical providers to allay fears over the billions more in historic cuts to federal health care spending that President Donald Trump signed into law on Independence Day.
But is that bandage big enough to save struggling rural hospitals?
“I have more questions than I have answers,” said Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association, a nonprofit policy group. “No one has those answers yet.”
July 24, 2025
Ochsner Health announced that The University of Queensland Medical School – Ochsner Health (UQ-Ochsner MD Program) student Kirsten Johnson has been named the recipient of the 2025 Dr. and Mrs. Roy Gregory Scholarship. The $3,000 award was established in 2018 to support senior medical students at the Ochsner Clinical School who commit to pursuing careers in family medicine and are dedicated to serving their communities, as exemplified by Dr. Gregory throughout his remarkable career.
July 17, 2025
Pediatric orthopedic surgeon Ryan P. Farmer, MD, FAAOS, is now offering appointments at Ochsner Medical Complex – The Grove and Ochsner Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute at Elite Training Complex – Burbank.
July 17, 2025
By: Nada Hassanein - July 13, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
The justices’ reasoning in the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding Tennessee’s ban on youth gender-affirming care could have much broader implications, perhaps opening the door to state restrictions on health care for other groups of people, experts say.
The ruling could give states leeway to make rules on any other sex-related treatment — potentially affecting people of all genders, according to legal and health policy scholars.
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