DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC) is once again partnering with Second Harvest Food Bank (SHFB) to distribute free groceries via a drive-thru food pantry at DCHC’s Carrollton Warehouse, 3201 Short Street (located behind the Carrollton health center), on June 9 from 9 a.m. until all the food is gone.
The food giveaway is held the second Friday of each month and is open to everyone.
Pediatrician Lindsay York, MD, has joined DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC) and will begin seeing patients on June 12 at DCHC’s new Westbank Expressway health center, 1629 Westbank Expressway, Suite A (next to Texas Roadhouse) in Harvey, La. From 2011 to 2023, York operated York Pediatrics in Marrero, La.
St. Tammany Health System’s flagship St. Tammany Parish Hospital has received the American College of Cardiology’s 2023 Platinum Performance Achievement Award for sustained high-level performance in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Chest Pain-MI Registry. It is one of only 262 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.
Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) has been selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the 2023 Best Places to Work in Healthcare, earning this title for the fourth year in a row.
United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a new Surgeon General’s Advisory on Social Media and Youth Mental Health - PDF. While social media may offer some benefits, there are ample indicators that social media can also pose a risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents. Social media use by young people is nearly universal, with up to 95% of young people ages 13-17 reporting using a social media platform and more than a third saying they use social media “almost constantly.”
