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1 week ago | 
nola.com | Margaret DeLaney |Margaret Delaney
Will Afton often spends his days working with community members on how to get their lawns, vegetable gardens and fruit trees in healthy shape. As a horticulturist who now works as the county agent, or agricultural and natural resource agent, for St. Tammany Parish, he does presentations at libraries, garden clubs, social groups and Master Gardener training to teach people about horticulture. Here are his seven tips to have the best lawn in the neighborhood this summer.
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1 week ago | 
theadvocate.com | Margaret DeLaney |Margaret Delaney
Out of 12,468 bridges in the state, 1,522 were classified as "poor condition," according to 2022 data from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration — that is more than 12% of the state's bridges. inspectors rate bridges on a scale of 0 to 9. Bridges that rank below a 4 receive a "poor" classification. The inspectors look at a variety of elements when rating bridges including age and wear, traffic load, climate influence, design and construction, maintenance and more.
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1 week ago | 
nola.com | Margaret DeLaney |Margaret Delaney
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2 weeks ago | 
nola.com | Margaret DeLaney |Margaret Delaney
Susan Foret was sitting at her desk in New Orleans, where she led a team of nurses in the oncology department, when a colleague said she had to leave early for a mammogram. Foret, a registered oncology and bone marrow transplant nurse, told her colleague that she hadn't gone for her checkup in a while. "She said, 'I'm making your appointment now,'" Foret said.
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2 weeks ago | 
shreveportbossieradvocate.com | Margaret DeLaney |Margaret Delaney
Warmer weather and no school means more travel for Louisianans. These travels can take Louisianans to international, national or local vacation spots in the air or by car. However, those longer trips can give way to health concerns: Developing blood clots. While clotting is a normal process in the body — to help heal wounds, for example — certain blood clots in the legs can cause intense pain and swelling.
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2 weeks ago | 
theadvocate.com | Margaret DeLaney |Margaret Delaney
Multiple times a year, the Leapfrog Group, a two-decades-old nonprofit group, releases hospital safety grades for health systems across the United States. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, which are "A," "B," "C," "D" or "F" classification, are given to general hospitals in the U.S., focused exclusively on how safe they are for their patients.
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2 weeks ago | 
theadvocate.com | Margaret DeLaney |Margaret Delaney
From 2006 through 2021, there were 444 lightning strike deaths in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The states with the most lightning strikes deaths include: Florida — 79 deathsTexas — 36 deathsColorado — 24 deathsNorth Carolina — 21 deathsArizona — 17 deaths Louisiana had 12 deaths due to lightning strikes between 2006 and 2021, ranking 11th in the nation (tied with South Carolina).
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2 weeks ago | 
nola.com | Margaret DeLaney |Margaret Delaney
Multiple times a year, the Leapfrog Group, a two-decades-old nonprofit group, releases hospital safety grades for health systems across the United States. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, which are "A," "B," "C," "D" or "F" classification, are given to general hospitals in the U.S., focused exclusively on how safe they are for their patients. Hospitals who were awarded a straight "A" classification this year sustained an "A" in safety for each grading period since at least spring of 2023.
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2 weeks ago | 
nola.com | Margaret DeLaney |Margaret Delaney
From 2006 through 2021, there were 444 lightning strike deaths in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The states with the most lightning strikes deaths include: Florida — 79 deathsTexas — 36 deathsColorado — 24 deathsNorth Carolina — 21 deathsArizona — 17 deaths Louisiana had 12 deaths due to lightning strikes between 2006 and 2021, ranking 11th in the nation (tied with South Carolina).
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3 weeks ago | 
nola.com | Margaret DeLaney |Margaret Delaney
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