Latest from the Louisiana Department of Health
March 01, 2021 @ 11:36 AM CDT
CDC recommends the first one-dose COVID-19 vaccine for use
Louisiana expects its confirmed allotment of 37,900 doses of the one-shot, easier-to-use Johnson & Johnson vaccine to be delivered sometime this week.
March 01, 2021 @ 10:01 AM CDT
Health Department: 562 vaccine providers in all 64 parishes will receive COVID vaccine this week
These providers include 181 chain pharmacies (including 115 Walmart/Sam's Club and 7 CVS from retail pharmacy program), 161 independent pharmacies, 61 hospitals, 50 public health providers, 28 urgent cares, 22 federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), 22 medical practices, 13 rural health clinics (RHCs) and 22 other healthcare providers.
March 01, 2021 @ 08:41 AM CDT
Louisiana Department of Health announces COVID-19 testing for week of March 1-6
The more contagious U.K. variant of COVID-19 has been identified in Louisiana, and all Louisianans need to take precautions to protect themselves and their loved ones.
More LDH NewsLatest from DCFS
January 07, 2021 @ 09:00 AM CDT
SNAP Benefits Increasing Temporarily Due to COVID, Starting Jan. 8
01.07.2021 - SNAP recipients will see an increase in their benefits for the first six months of 2021, following passage of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act. The legislation may also make more Louisianans eligible for SNAP by excluding federal unemployment benefits and stimulus checks from consideration as income and by expanding student eligibility.
Latest from LDWF
January 05, 2021 @ 02:40 PM CDT
LDWF's 2021 Becoming an Outdoors Woman Program Canceled Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
LDWF's Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) program, scheduled for March 19-21, 2021, at Camp Grant Walker near Pollock, has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Latest from DEQ
February 10, 2021 @ 11:46 AM CDT
Twentieth Amended Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order- COVID-19
The twentieth amendment to the Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order declared on March 11, 2020, due to a statewide public health emergency, COVID-19, is now available.