Health Archives | The Lens

Louisiana’s new bill would codify gas as “green energy”

by Emily Sanders, ExxonKnews, and Delaney Dryfoos, The LensJune 18, 2025June 18, 2025

A bill on its way to the Governor’s desk—with connections to gas industry allies—could enshrine hydrocarbons as Louisiana’s future.

Will Ascension Parish become Ammonia Parish?

by Delaney DryfoosJune 13, 2025June 13, 2025

Air pollution messes up pregnant women’s metabolism, spurs preterm births

by Brian Bienkowski, The New LedeJune 11, 2025June 11, 2025

In Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, a legacy of resistance lives on.

by Ned RandolphApril 22, 2025April 27, 2025

Embracing our narratives

She saw ‘a public-health crisis’ and opened a clinic in the emptied Lower 9

by Marta JewsonFebruary 1, 2025February 20, 2025

New Orleans Health Department launches a misoprostol map

by La'Shance PerryJanuary 16, 2025January 16, 2025

Fighting Act 246 in court

by La'Shance PerryDecember 18, 2024December 20, 2024

The increased urgency of Planned Parenthood’s work

by Petrice Sams-Abiodun, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships-Louisiana, Planned Parenthood Gulf CoastDecember 11, 2024December 10, 2024

HIV treatment disrupted by climate change

by Jessica Kutz, the 19th NewsDecember 9, 2024December 8, 2024

‘We’re still here’

by Marta JewsonNovember 7, 2024November 14, 2024