The oil spill from the Crescent Midstream facility in Bayou Lafourche on Saturday has been successfully contained. Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson says preliminary reports suggest minimal long-term damage.
A judge was expected to certify the transfer and bankruptcy proceedings of Steward Health Care, the operator of West Monroe’s Glenwood Regional Medical Center, today but it’s been pushed to August 13th. Monroe Representative Michael Echols says Steward’s mismanagement and the property owner Medical Properties Trust have crippled the facility and there needs to be fail safes in place to avoid disruption in care.
It used to be for those under the age of 13.
The Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act is heading to the US House after passing the Senate on a 91-3 vote. Senator Bill Cassidy says his legislation updates online data privacy rules for children, like banning data collection on users under 17….
Cut 13 (08) “…peer pressure.”
Newsweek has ranked St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington as the 104th best cancer hospital in the U.S. and the best in Louisiana. St. Tammany Health System President Joan Coffman
says she and her team prioritize screening education and early detection to try and stop cancer before it’s a problem.
Newsweek used professional surveys, hospital quality metrics, and patient experience surveys for the rankings