Even before the fateful Apollo 13 mission, Houston already had a problem. Astronaut Ken Mattingly was exposed to highly contagious rubella. The disease’s time frame might have him incapacitated with illness when his crewmates…
When I need a cavity filled and get that lidocaine shot in the mouth, I break out in a sweat and get faint, nauseated and pale. It's purely in my head, not a medication reaction, ever since anatomy class in medical school. It's…
LAFAYETTE – One year after administering Acadiana’s first COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare workers who had been fighting the virus since its onset, Ochsner Lafayette General shares vaccine milestones.
Since December 15, 2020,…
OCHSNER Health Announces Employee Vaccination Mandate to Enhance Patient and Community Safety
Vaccination requirement follows FDA’s full approval of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
New Orleans, La. (August 24, 2021) – Following full…
Ochsner Lafayette General to add drive-thru testing to COVID-19 vaccine site at Domingue Center
Healthcare team to provide both COVID-19 testing and vaccines with no out-of-pocket costs to patients
LAFAYETTE, La. – Starting…
Today, the FDA and CDC released new guidance recommending that healthcare providers pause the administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine. This decision was made so that reports of a rare…
With the Pandemic, no one's wanted to be in tight spaces with others who might be shedding deadly Coronavirus. California's Disneyland has been closed because of that concern. Being squeezed into lines and rooms at Disney is…
