Boy Scout campers hospitalized after contracting rare soil disease at Camp Avondale; CDC investigating - Public Health
At least two Boy Scout campers who returned from a recent trip with fevers, chills and a cough have been hospitalized for exposure to a rare and unusual disease linked to bird and bat droppings found in the soil, spurring involvement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. St. Francisville resident Emiley Bonano has […]
LSU Studies Racial/Ethnic Differences in Utilization of Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients - Public Health
In this article, Dr. Tekeda Ferguson, Dr. Lu Zhang, and colleagues, cover the racial/ethnic differences in the utilization of chemotherapy among stage I-III breast cancer patients. As chemotherapy has improved breast cancer survival, whether there are racial/ethnic differences in receiving chemotherapy is of public health interest. As black women have a higher likelihood to be […]
14th APHA Public Health Finance Roundtable Presentations - Public Health
The 14th Annual American Public Health Associations (APHA) Public Health Finance Roundtable held in San Diego, CA included presenters from LSU Health Sciences Center. This year’s Roundtable presentations were given by School of Medicine students Adeem Nachabe (Year 2) and Daniel McBride (Year 3). They were joined by Douglas Leblanc, a Masters of Public Health […]
The Influence of Children on Increased Domestic Conflict in Women in Southeastern Louisiana - Public Health
New Orleans, LA – November 13, 2018 Elaine Brown, MPH Epidemiology student presented her research findings, “The Influence of Children on Increased Domestic Conflict in Women in Southeastern Louisiana, at the 34th annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies meeting in Washington, DC, Nov. 8-10. The Women and Their Children’s Health (WaTCH) […]