Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Chuck Brown will step down on March 31st. Brown has led DEQ from the time Governor Edwards was first sworn into office. Brown says he is proud of the progress made in cleaning Louisiana’s air, after having the federal government set benchmarks for air quality…:
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Ochsner Health – New Orleans says its one of the first hospitals in the nation to standardize genomic testing for cancer drugs to better treat patients. Ochsner Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services, Catherine Oliver says genomic testing helps to identify a person’s DNA and how they may respond to medication.
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Oliver says lowering risk of adverse side effects will lead to better patient outcomes.

LSU Health New Orleans says 80-percent of its medical grads are staying in the state to enter LSU Health residency programs. Interim Dean of LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, Richard Dicarlo, says the percentage of their grads going into primary care is 55-percent and more are also entering the field of psychiatry
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A new report from LSU’s Center for Energy Studies estimates that a planned carbon capture and sequestrian hub to be located in Calcasieu Parish could abate climate damages by 11-billion dollars over the lifetime of the project. Interim executive director Greg Upton says many of Louisiana’s exports create carbon emissions and the state’s geology allows for the creation of a carbon sequestration hub, Upton says such facilities provide unrealized opportunities for the state.
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Gulf Coast Sequestrian is looking to build the carbon capture and sequestrian hub and is awaiting on federal permits.