The story about a 3-year-old Brazilian girl who had a large, rare tumor removed from her face by doctors in Shreveport is making national headlines. Michelle Southern reports…:
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The state’s flu bug expert, Doctor Frank Welch, says flu cases are still relatively low for this time of the year. But Welch advises residents to continue to take proper precuations to prevent the spread of influenza…
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The American Lung Association’s annual State of Tobacco Control gives the Bayou State F grades for access to cessation and prevention programs and for the amount of taxes placed on tobacco products. Regional Policy Director Ashley Lyerly says they also want to see the state raise the minimum age for the sale of tobacco products…
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Latest statistics show 22-percent of Louisiana adults smoke.

Louisiana has issued a standing order that makes Naloxone, which is an antidote that reverses an opiod overdose, available at pharmacies without a prescripition. Chief Medical Officer for Louisiana Medicaid, Dr SreyRam Kuy (Sray-rum Kuh-ee) says no longer is a medical professional needed…
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The governor says narcotic overdose deaths surpassed homicide deaths in both East Baton Rouge and Orleans parishes by mid-year 2016.