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Tag: Maternal health care access

New Orleans brings back the house call, sending nurses to visit newborns and moms

Louisiana is among the worst-performing states in maternal and infant health outcomes. Now the city health department offers home visits in those crucial first months.
by Rosemary Westwood, WWNO February 24, 2026 Updated February 24, 2026

Emboldened: LA lawmakers ask FDA to restrict abortion meds nationally

Marta Jewson on one year of Act 246, the Louisiana law that locked up life-saving maternal medication. Elise Plunk on a suspended LNG permit that was reissued in Cameron Parish.
by Carolyne Heldman January 16, 2026 Updated January 17, 2026

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