Emily Woodruff
Health Reporter| The New Orleans Advocate at The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
Health Reporter at The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Health reporter for @NOLAnews | [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Emily Woodruff
Louisiana is set to usher in a series of nutrition reforms following the unanimous passage of Senate Bill 14, a sweeping initiative to reshape how schools, food manufacturers, and restaurants address nutrition and ingredient transparency. The bill, which no longer includes a provision to remove soft drinks from SNAP benefits, now heads to Gov. Jeff Landry’s desk for signature after the Senate concurred with House amendments Tuesday.
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Emily Woodruff
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nola.com | Emily Woodruff
Dr. Jon Mizrahi remembers learning about ivermectin in medical school. A powerful anti-parasitic, the drug was approved to treat specific infections in humans and was widely used in animals, particularly horses and livestock. But that was the last he'd heard of it until his gastrointestinal cancer patients began asking for it during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, he fields requests for ivermectin constantly in his practice as a cancer specialist.
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nola.com | Emily Woodruff
Tucked inside the “big, beautiful bill” recently advanced by the U.S. House is a first-ever federal work requirement for Medicaid recipients. Starting at the end of 2026, the legislation would require that most childless adults document 80 hours a month of work, school or volunteering before they can enroll in the government health insurance program for people with limited incomes. The Congressional Budget Office projects the change would save about $280 billion over six years.
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3 weeks ago |
theadvocate.com | Emily Woodruff
Leaders at Manning Family Children’s laid out a long-term strategy Wednesday to improve kids’ health in Louisiana, the first public message on the Uptown hospital’s future since a massive rebranding in February. The rebranding followed a confidential “transformational gift” from the Manning family and marked the first time in the hospital’s 70-year history that it had taken on a patron’s name.
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