Healthcare

Baton Rouge General, Mary Bird Perkins announce cancer care partnership 

Less than five months after announcing plans to end its affiliation with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center announces an agreement to share resources with Baton Rouge General’s Pennington Cancer Center. 

Ochsner opens Livingston Parish location, continuing Capital Region growth 

Ochsner Baton Rouge today opened Ochsner Health Center–Livingston Parish, offering primary care services just off Interstate 12 in Frost. 

Omicron forces Baton Rouge offices to again change policies

The omicron variant, which spreads more rapidly than other COVID-19 variants, has local offices once again updating their pandemic policies as employees return from the holiday break.

Meet the 2022 class of People to Watch from ‘225’

What will 2022 look like? The people featured in the pages of this month’s...

Gov. Edwards urges mitigation measures to slow omicron spread

Gov. John Bel Edwards addressed the fifth wave of COVID-19 during a news conference...

Stories to remember from 2021: Economic recovery

Last year, Louisiana was one of the first epicenters of the COVID-19 pandemic. But this year, with effective vaccines widely available and the coronavirus seemingly in retreat, life was starting to feel almost normal.

Mask requirements return for city-parish buildings; BRG asks patients to avoid ER 

​​Visitors and employees will be required to wear face coverings inside city-parish buildings in...

Louisiana COVID hospitalizations double; new local testing sites open

The omicron variant may not be the most deadly strain of COVID-19 but it’s...

Insurance commission transparency law kicks in Monday but questions remain

A new law directing health insurance companies, agents and brokers to disclose their commissions goes into effect Monday, though there still is uncertainty about how to comply.

Stories to remember from 2021: Mary Bird Perkins, OLOL split

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center...