… it is every bit as awful as we feared. The GOP’s plan will force Americans to pay more for less care. It will make health care unaffordable for the poorest and most vulnerable, while offering a massive tax break for the rich. Perhaps most …
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Love at first bite: Remembering New Orleans’ first taste of Tabasco
The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, the series continues with the introduction of Tabasco sauce.
Researchers explore role played by nicotine in grouping of nicotinic receptors within the brain
This inspired a group of University of Kentucky researchers to explore the role nicotine plays in the assembly of nicotinic receptors within the brain. During the Biophysical Society’s 61st Annual Meeting, being held Feb. 11-15, 2017, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Faruk Moonschi, a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky, will present the group’s work, which centers on a fluorescence-based “single molecule” technique they developed.
Comedy show Jan. 19 benefits New Orleans Abortion Fund
As a presidential administration widely feared to be hostile to reproductive rights takes office, women’s health care observers make note of a significant date: Jan. 22, the 44th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion services.
I-10: Ten Things to Know in New Orleans this Week
That expansion, which took effect last July, has resulted in more than 378,000 newly insured Louisianans, according to figures provided by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals , whose director, Dr. Rebekah Gee, also spoke at the press conference. Refusing the Medicaid expansion was a cornerstone of former Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration, while Edwards had made it a campaign plank.
Inauguration week events in New Orleans
… ambition, power, corruption and tyranny. Donations accepted. Half of proceeds go to Planned Parenthood’s New Orleans Health Center. 8 p.m. Friday, Jan 20 Anti-Trumpians can dance out their frustrations at Poor Boys Bar’s (1328 St. Bernard Ave.) …
Anti-smoking groups celebrate 10-year anniversary of Louisiana’s Smoke-Free Air Act
Anti-smoking groups are touting the 10-year anniversary of Louisiana’s law banning smoking in restaurants, schools and workplaces. The law, known as the Louisiana Smoke-Free Air Act, took effect in January 2007.
Groups celebrate 10-year mark of La. restaurant smoking ban
Anti-smoking groups are touting the 10-year anniversary of Louisiana’s law banning smoking in restaurants, schools and workplaces. The law, known as the Louisiana Smoke-Free Air Act, took effect in January 2007.
Edwards defends Medicaid expansion, as GOP works on repeal
Gov. John Bel Edwards is outlining his defense for Louisiana’s Medicaid expansion, pushing back on Republican work in Congress to dismantle the federal health law that created the program. The Democratic governor planned a Thursday afternoon event in New Orleans highlighting the health services people have received since Louisiana began its Medicaid expansion in July.