School-Based Health Awareness Month
The Intersection of Health & Education Access Health Louisiana celebrates School-Based Health Awareness Month in February. Our Federally Qualified Health Center Network currently operates 22 school-based health centers in seven Louisiana parishes: Jefferson, Orleans, St. Charles, Iberville, Washington, Rapides, and Continue reading
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Kenner Clinic Re-Opens near Chateau Estates
Clinic welcomes patients for in-person visits The Kenner Community Health Center re-opened its doors this month to patients at its new temporary location near Chateau Estates subdivision. The clinic is currently located in the Chateau Commons strip mall located at Continue reading
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FREE Opioid Use Disorder Educational Events
Opioid Use Disorder: A Family Matter Opioid abuse is a growing problem in Louisiana and across the United States leading to an increase in overdose deaths, emergency room admissions and over-prescribing. In an effort to increase awareness and education, Access Continue reading
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AHL celebrates World AIDS Day December 1st
World AIDS Day celebrated in New Orleans This year’s theme for World AIDS Day is “Ending the HIV Epidemic: Equitable Access, Everyone’s Voice”. Access Health Louisiana and the AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) helped bring panels of the National Continue reading
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Open Enrollment underway
Health insurance is important for families and their finances. Open enrollment is currently going on for both the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), as well as Medicaid and Medicare. Enrollment for LaCHIP is ongoing. See the important information and website links Continue reading
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Pfizer COVID Vaccine approved for Children 5-11 years old
CDC approves COVID vaccine for children. Continue reading
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Louisiana’s Mask Mandate Lifted for Some
Gov. Edwards Lifts Louisiana’s Mask Mandate Statewide, Except for K-12 Schools October 26, 2021 Gov. John Bel Edwards announced he will lift Louisiana’s statewide mask mandate in all settings except for K-12 schools, after sustained improvement across the state in Continue reading
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AHL Physician featured as Agent for Positive Change
By Cheri O’Neil, October 2021 As an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist, Dr. MarkAlain Déry has been at the forefront of far-reaching disasters and viral outbreaks: Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in Continue reading
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Open Enrollment for Louisiana Medicaid
Healthy Louisiana Here’s when you can start getting care with Healthy Louisiana: As soon as you qualify for Medicaid or LaCHIP You can start getting health and dental care services as soon as you or your family members qualify for Continue reading
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Flu Risks for Children
Children younger than 5 years old–especially those younger than 2– are at higher risk of developing serious flu-related complications. A flu vaccine offers the best defense against flu and its potentially serious consequences and also can reduce the spread of flu Continue reading
