Racial health disparities still exist for Black women who have recently become mothers and their newborns. New research published in January 2023 by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that the richest mothers and their newborns are the most likely to survive the year after childbirth except when the child is black. The study […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently proposed policy revisions which will more reasonably protect blood recipients while respecting would-be donors. Though still not fully grounded in data, the revised policies proposed are a step in the right direction and will help save lives.
In 2018 Sharon Lavigne was just an every-day special education teacher at St. James High School who was tired of the foul odors in her St. James Parish neighborhood when she decided to make the leap to environmental justice advocate. When my daughter told me that a $1.2 billion plant might be built two miles […]
However, research shows most people with mental illness are not violent and they are more likely to be victims of crime.
The committee called on the attorney for the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (LSBME) to testify regarding the board's refusal to allow doctors to recommend medical marijuana during a telehealth visit without an in-person visit.
CHEMICAL OF THE MONTH -Benzene A service program of RISE St. James; Caitlion O. Hunter, Juris Doctor, Class of 2022, Past President, Loyola Environmental Law Society; Tim Schütz, PhD Researcher, Anthropology University of California, Irvine; and The Community Scientist (TCS) Research Team The area known as Cancer Alley was once home to thriving, rural Black […]
The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will provide an additional 6,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine up to and during Southern Decadence in New Orleans and will be piloting a mobile testing center as well as offering TPOXX treatment to those who need it.
Contrary to what some believe, monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted infection, and it is not exclusive to the LGBT community - in spite of how mainstream media is reporting on the infection.
In his ongoing quest to ensure Louisiana women do not have access to safe abortions, Attorney General Jeff Landry convinced a three-judge panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal to reinstate the trigger ban on abortions on July 29. The ban is expected to take effect almost immediately. The abortion clinics and doctors who are the plaintiffs in the case also have the option to mount an appeal with the Louisiana Supreme Court. Attorneys for the abortion providers were disappointed that the court did not allow them to file opposition to Landrys motion.
Despite ongoing allegations and investigations, Attorney General Jeff Landry held a fundraiser with St. Marys Residential Training School at the beginning of June, raising questions around the ethicacy within the office that were not answered by Landrys team.
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