Flu surges in Louisiana as health department barred from promoting flu shots
Flu season is ramping up across the US, but Louisiana—the state that has reportedly barred its health department from promoting flu shots, as well as COVID-19 and mpox vaccines—is leading the country with an early and strong surge.
Louisiana health officials 'shifting away' from policy of promoting COVID, flu vaccinations
State health officials say that Louisiana residents should decide for themselves whether to get vaccinated, especially for COVID-19 and influenza, breaking with broad vaccination campaigns at the agency in recent years and drawing rebukes from New Orleans officials and health experts.
Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots
A group of high-level managers at the Louisiana Department of Health walked into a Nov. 14 meeting in Baton Rouge expecting to talk about outreach and community events. Instead, they were told by an assistant secretary in the department and another official that department leadership had a new policy: Advertising or otherwise promoting the COVID,
Louisiana bars health dept. from promoting flu, COVID, mpox vaccines: Report
The change comes amid a dangerous swell of anti-vaccine sentiment and misinformation in Louisiana and across the country. President-elect Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—a high-profile anti-vaccine advocate and one of the most prolific spreaders of vaccine misinformation —to head the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Louisiana bans staff from helping people get mpox, COVID & flu vaccines
In 2023, 652 people in Louisiana died of COVID, including five children, and the state is tied with Washington, D.C., for the highest rate of flu in the U.S. Flu killed 586 people in Louisiana in 2022, according to data from the state’s health department.
Bird flu: Louisiana patient is first severe case and California declares emergency
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Louisiana Department of Health is no longer publicly promoting flu vaccines
Louisiana has some of the highest flu and respiratory virus activity in the nation, but if you look at the Louisiana Surgeon General’s latest social media post regarding tips for flu season, a flu shot is not mentioned.
Promoting Covid, Flu Vaccines to Public Quietly Banned by Louisiana Department of Health: 'Unconscionable'
Louisiana public health officials are no longer permitted to promote vaccines, including those against illnesses such as COVID-19 and the flu, to members of the public in a new policy that was covertly implemented in the state.
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