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LDH reports 31 additional Omicron variant cases in Louisiana
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is reporting 31 additional cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. None of these new cases have required hospitalization.
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CDC recommends Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines over Janssen
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) endorses the updated recommendations by its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) expressing a clinical preference for individuals to receive an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna over the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine.
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LDH reports 48 additional Omicron variant cases in Louisiana
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is reporting 48 additional cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. None of these new cases have required hospitalization. This brings the total number of Omicron cases in our state to 93.
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Louisiana Department of Health receives CMS approval to launch TEFRA
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted approval for Louisiana Medicaid to launch Act 421 Children's Medicaid Option, or TEFRA, effective January 1, 2022.
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Louisiana Teen Vax Campaign recruiting students to become vaccine youth ambassadors
Youth Ambassadors work with Louisiana's Teen Vax Campaign to promote the important role young people have in stopping the spread of COVID-19 and keeping their friends and family members from getting sick.
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RFP - Pharmacy Benefits Manager/Point of Sale Processor for People Living with HIV in Louisiana
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), Office of Public Health(OPH), STD/HIV/Hepatitis Program is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for qualified proposers to provide Pharmacy Benefits Management services through a comprehensive network of pharmacies, to eligible clients residing in all 64 parishes in Louisiana.
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Final Rule: Immunization Schedule
This rule amends §701 of Chapter 7 of Title 51—Public Health Immunization Requirements. The amendments add vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 to the list of required vaccinations for school entry to the extent that such vaccines are approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the individual’s age, and also require such vaccines, and all potential boosters, on the same basis for school attendance.
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Holiday hours announced for COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatment sites
The Louisiana community-based monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment sites will temporarily close at various times during the holidays.
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Gov. Edwards, LDH highlight one year of COVID-19 vaccine progress
More than 2.29 million Louisianans - nearly 50 percent of the state's population - became fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the first year of vaccinations.
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LDH reports 8 additional Omicron variant cases in Louisiana
This brings the total number of Omicron cases in our state to 45 - 40 probable and 5 confirmed. The first confirmed Omicron case in Louisiana was identified on December 3.
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December 2021 Final Rules
The Louisiana Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted Final Rules to the Office of the State Register for publication in the December 20, 2021 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.
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2022 Second Quarter Hospital Stabilization Assessment
The Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted a Potpourri relative to the 2022 Second Quarter Hospital Stabilization Assessment to the Office of the State Register for publication in the December 20, 2021 edition of the Louisiana Register.