LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine’s Benjamin Springgate, MD, professor of medicine and chief of community and population medicine, and Ryan Pasternak, MD, professor of pediatrics and head of the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, helped New Orleans Public Schools become the first in the nation to require COVID vaccinations. The requirement went into effect Feb. 1.
February 8, 2022
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center announced its Valentine’s Day Screening event, to be held Feb. 14 in Mandeville. Mary Bird Perkins mobile units will be onsite to provide event attendees access to free breast and colorectal cancer screenings. This event will be hosted in partnership with Evolve Studio in Mandeville and with the support of Chip Lavigne and his team at Lavigne Oil.
February 8, 2022
Applications are now open for the Ochsner STAR (Science, Technology, Academic, Research) Summer Scholars Program, Ochsner Health’s legacy high school program created to increase student access to science and academic research in Louisiana. This year, the competitive Ochsner STAR program will celebrate its 16th annual summer session for qualifying high school juniors. The deadline to apply is March 10, 2022.
February 8, 2022
The Al Copeland Foundation announced the donation of $400,000 to LSU Health Foundation New Orleans and a commitment of $2 million over the next 10 years to support the Al Copeland Foundation and LSU Health New Orleans Cancer Partnership Network. The Network, an innovative, robust cancer program that will benefit patients with cancer in Louisiana and the Gulf States Region, expands the partnership that began more than a decade ago.
January 31, 2022
February is Heart Health Month, and the physicians at Lakeview Regional Medical Center, a campus of Tulane Medical Center, are encouraging all patients to focus on their cardiovascular health, especially when it comes to protection from COVID-19. The coronavirus can be severe for patients with an underlying heart condition, and women especially often miss the subtle signs of a heart attack, making it a deadly combination. According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the United States.
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