Shalina Chatlani
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Hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents remain without power on Tuesday in the wake of Hurricane Ida.
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Data acquired from the Louisiana Department of Health and the Alabama Department of Public Health show that the average number of screenings for new HIV infections went down significantly between 2019 and 2020. Health experts worry that it will only make the region’s HIV/AIDS worse.
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"Many people had coronavirus," says asylum seeker Raudel, adding there's little social distancing or mask wearing, and sick and healthy people are mixed. ICE denies this but cases doubled since June.
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While states have tried coaxing reluctant residents into getting the shot with incentives like lotteries, some businesses and health experts in the region say it’s time to start creating disincentives for avoiding the shot.
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Weeks after warnings about high COVID-19 infection rates in Missouri and in Southeastern states, vaccination rates remain low and health care systems are stressed.
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Telehealth became a necessity for many people during the COVID-19 pandemic. But with state health emergencies expiring, laws that have made it more available could go away, leaving the region’s more rural areas hurting the most due to access barriers and disparities.
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Louisiana’s first case of the delta plus variant was identified this week. Questions surround the mutation of the highly transmissible delta variant of COVID-19 as the original version of the variant is poised to become the dominant strain in the U.S. soon.
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Several southern states are far behind the White House's goal of vaccinating people against COVID-19. It's becoming a block-by-block, house-by-house effort to encourage people to get vaccinated.
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Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama have the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S, but the Delta variant of COVID-19 is starting to spread. And it’s raising concerns.
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A federally-funded clinic in rural Mississippi embodies the history of community health centers in the U.S., and shows how these safety-net clinics can help minority patients during the pandemic.