St. Tammany Health System rolled out its latest mobile screening unit on July 10.
The Breathe Well ConneCTion joins the health system’s Be Well Bus, a mobile mammography unit in service since May 2021, in crisscrossing the parish to visit local festivals, health fairs, and other community gatherings.
WASHINGTON, DC—JULY 8, 2025—As part of its ongoing commitment to scientific transparency and responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced plans to implement a new policy that will cap how much publishers can charge NIH-supported scientists to make their research findings publicly accessible. This initiative reflects a broader effort to restore public trust in public health by promoting open, honest, and transparent scientific communication.
The American Public Health Association (APHA) joins the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College of Physicians (ACP), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Massachusetts Public Health Alliance (MPHA), Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), and a pregnant physician, filed suit in American Academy of Pediatrics v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to defend vaccine policy, and to put an end to the Secretary’s assault on science, public health and evidence-based medicine.
A new drug candidate developed by Tulane University researchers may work to prevent a common type of fatty liver disease. The disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), sometimes leads to cirrhosis and liver cancer.
Linked to obesity and diabetes, MASLD affects 38% of adults and is believed to be caused by the spread of senescent cells in the liver. Also called “zombie cells,” these cells have stopped functioning but continue to live, attacking the liver, spreading toxins and setting the stage for a number of related liver diseases.
By Dr. Rachel Bervell July 7, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
In New Orleans, it’s not uncommon for police to bring someone to the hospital from the streets, disoriented, confused and in psychiatric crisis.
As a young physician, I’ve come to recognize the pattern: young adults, unstably housed, cycling through jails, shelters and emergency rooms while grappling with severe psychosis unresponsive to conventional approaches. Some I’ve seen before. Many I’ll see again.
