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		<title>Louisiana: DHH Sec Levine says healthcare reform could cost state taxpayers $6B over 10 yrs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 21:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baton Rouge LA--Federal health care reform could cost Louisiana taxpayers in excess of $6 billion over 10 years once implemented, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine announced today in response to a report by Kaiser’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.  The Kaiser report, intended to provide an estimate of costs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louisiana: DHH reminds oil spill response workers and volunteers to take precautions to stay safe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 21:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baton Rouge LA--The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is reminding oil spill response workers and volunteers to seek appropriate training and to be cautious when encountering wildlife while assisting the cleanup of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
"Receiving the appropriate training on what gear to wear, and how to stay safe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louisiana: Expanded H1N1 vaccine availability to begin on January 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baton Rouge LA--The 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine will be available to anyone in the general public starting Monday, January 4, 2010, State Health Officer Jimmy Guidry, M.D., announced today. The department has already alerted H1N1 vaccine providers statewide that they may begin offering H1N1 vaccinations to the general public after the New Year.
The vaccine has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louisiana: Slow pace of H1N1 vaccinations continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baton Rouge LA--The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals today updated the status of the state's Fight the Flu campaign, announcing that 224,869 doses of H1N1 vaccine have been administered across the state.
This Week's H1N1 Vaccination Campaign Highlights
* Of the 1,207,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine the state has ordered, the CDC reports that 874,400 doses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louisiana: While 70 percent of ordered H1N1 vax has been shipped, only 13 percent has been administered</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baton Rouge LA--Of the 654,200 doses of H1N1 vaccine the state has ordered, the CDC reports that 464,100 doses of H1N1 vaccine have been shipped to Louisiana as of Wednesday, November 11.
860 providers in Louisiana have administered 88,401 doses of H1N1 vaccine. 
The DHH notes that it is important to remember that even though a [...]]]></description>
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