Breast Cancer Awareness Month Golf Tournament to Benefit Local Research and Patient Support

October 10, 2025

KENNER, LA — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to honor survivors, support those in treatment, and emphasize the lifesaving importance of early detection. On Friday, October 24, 2025, supporters, survivors, and community members will gather at Chateau Golf & Country Club for the 2nd Annual Golf Tournament benefiting the Karen T. Stall Research + Breast […]


New Orleans Yoga Festival to Launch Inaugural Edition This Month

September 3, 2025

The New Orleans Yoga Festival will debut this September, bringing four days of yoga, music, wellness, and education to the city’s Arts and Warehouse District. The event will run from September 25 through September 28 at Republic NOLA and ARORA NOLA, hosted by the New Orleans Yoga Club, a new initiative founded by yoga and […]


The Cluttered Truth: Dr. Suzanne Chabaud on Hoarding and How We Can Do Better

August 18, 2025

This New Orleans-based clinical psychologist, Dr. Suzanne Chabaud discusses interest in the causes, effects, and treatment for Hoarding Disorder.  Her years as an expert on the television show Hoarders from 2009 to 2016 shaped much of her public work outside of her practice in OCD. When producers first approached her, they believed they were dealing […]


Tax Breaks for the Wealthy, Cuts for the Sick: How Louisiana Republicans Just Voted Against Their Own People

July 2, 2025

Louisiana’s Republican delegation just made a devastating choice, voting to preserve massive tax cuts for the wealthy, while stripping health care from nearly 200,000 of their own constituents. With their support for Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” passed in the Senate on July 1 and expected to clear the House this week, Louisiana […]


Whooping Cough Cases Surge in Louisiana, Marking Highest Rates in Decades

May 4, 2025

Whooping cough is making an alarming comeback across Louisiana, with state health officials warning that 2025 may mark the highest number of cases reported in more than three decades. According to the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), 164 cases of whooping cough—also known as pertussis—have been identified in just the first four months of this […]


Why Health Care Costs So Much in Louisiana: Induced Demand and the High Price of Quantity Over Quality

April 28, 2025

Louisiana ranks among the highest in the nation for health care spending per capita, yet paradoxically, the state also reports some of the worst health care costs in Louisiana outcomes. Behind this contradiction lies a crucial but often overlooked factor: supplier-induced demand. Rather than rewarding preventive care or getting things right the first time, Louisiana’s […]


DOE Grants Approval for CP2 Gas Export Terminal Amid Growing Opposition, Sparking Outcry from Louisiana Stakeholders

April 25, 2025

The Department of Energy (DOE) has granted conditional CP2 LNG terminal approval for the construction of the CP2 LNG gas export terminal, a controversial project spearheaded by the fossil fuel company Venture Global. The proposed facility would be located in the already overburdened Cameron Parish, Louisiana, a coastal community on the Gulf of Mexico that […]


How COVID-19 Changed New Orleans

April 20, 2025

When COVID-19 began its spread across the United States in early 2020, New Orleans was already vulnerable. The city’s economy was tightly tethered to tourism, live events, and hospitality, with many of its workers earning low wages and living without access to quality healthcare. What followed was a sharp unraveling of jobs, of small businesses, […]


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