Researchers at Tulane University will use a new $4.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate how a common virus may help HIV persist in viral reservoirs and out of reach of leading antiretroviral therapies. 

These viral reservoirs are the main hurdle to curing HIV as the virus rebounds if patients stop taking the life-saving antiretroviral therapies, or ART, that keep HIV at undetectable levels in the blood. 

U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise has secured $1 million in federal funding to support St. Tammany Health System’s mobile screening programs including its mobile health unit, the Be Well Bus.

“We’re so grateful to Rep. Scalise for his encouragement and guidance in our efforts to create a healthier Northshore,” Joan Coffman, STHS president/CEO, said. “Our Be Well Bus screening unit literally carries health and wellness into our service district, and we recognize this appropriation will enable its healing work substantially.”