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A research team at Louisiana Tech has earned one of the most prestigious grants from the National Institute of Health.

Bridging the Great Health Divide explores issues in rural America through the lens of residents, doctors and other health care providers.

Researchers are among those who have had their work impacted by the shutdowns and pandemic-related regulations. At LSU, the journey to understand the microscopic world of plastics had to adjust.

Gray Television stations will air a documentary about disparities in rural health care and the people working to bridge the great health divide.

Americas Health Rankings website, diabetes is higher here in Louisiana than in the country with the state ranking among the worst for the disease.

The purpose of the food stamp program is to help low-income families access healthy foods, but in rural America, that can be difficult.

More than 4,000 people received service for no cost

The program started today and will end on July 17th.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity impacted about 10% of all U.S. residents. Now, experts estimate that number has at least doubled since the pandemic began.

Before last year food insecurity impacted about 10% of all U.S. residents. Experts estimate that number has at least doubled since the pandemic.

Antes del año pasado, la inseguridad alimentaria afectó a aproximadamente el 10,5% de los residentes de EE. UU. Una vez que la pandemia cerró en gran medida la economía, los expertos estiman que el porcentaje de personas que sufren de inseguridad alimentaria al menos se duplicó.

Ouachita Parish Schools are providing free meals for students this summer.

Louisiana is one of the states in the so-called "Stroke Belt" and in some areas of the state, certified stroke centers are almost an hour away from communities.

USDA is making up to $3 million in grants available through the Delta Health Care Services Grant Program.

St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe has plans to be a level three trauma center by August 1, 2021.

Watson says having healthcare on campus is important

House bill 495 is aimed to allow nurse practitioners to practice medicine independently of doctors, a move that 23 other states are already following.

Federal health advisers have endorsed the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12.

If you or someone you love suffers a stroke, getting quick treatment is important.

Across the nation, nearly 800,000 people suffer strokes each year. When someone has a stroke, minutes matter, but hospital closures and other access issues mean millions of people find it difficult to get specialty stroke care quickly.

79% of Louisiana is medically underserved and Concordia Parish has an infant mortality rate of more than double the national average.

Since the pandemic, the University has served anywhere from 200 to 300 students.

A 2018 inspection of the galvanized tank revealed years of neglect and increased chlorine usage had eaten through many areas of the tank.

Officials say residents can help with their Delta Broadband Mapping Project by running internet speed tests.

In 207 counties in 2018, there wasn’t a family, general or internal medicine doctor – the primary care doctors mainly for adults, according to an InvestigateTV analysis of federal data.

"We really want to take care of these folks and we have a big burden on us but at the same time its quite rewarding to do what we do because we know so many people, friends and family members that we've helped to get the care that they need and sometimes that does mean we have to get them out of the parish but we can certainly save lives if given the opportunity," said Dr. Eric Dupree.