It’s no secret, produce can be hard to come by, and hunger is a huge issue here in Central Louisiana. One program is teaching kids how to grow their own produce to alleviate some of these problems.
Lack of transportation can limit access to healthy food for some in rural communities. Several agencies and businesses are addressing food insecurity head on.
Did you know life expectancy in the United States has been decreasing over the last few years? Not only that, here in Louisiana, health for seniors is near the bottom of the country.
The Central Louisiana Homeless Coalition and state housing advocates are preparing for an influx of evictions and homelessness as the federal eviction moratorium is set to expire on July 31st.
By Jill Riepenhoff, Daniela Molina, Jamie Grey and Lee Zurik
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.
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.
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.
By Jill Riepenhoff, Daniela Molina, Jamie Grey and Lee Zurik
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.
Louisiana leads the region and nation in deadly overdoses. We examine how local agencies are stepping in to bridge the Great Health Divide plaguing minority and rural communities.
By Jill Riepenhoff, Daniela Molina, Jamie Grey and Lee Zurik
In nearly every Appalachian and Delta community, residents die on average before their 78th birthday, which is the average life expectancy in the United States. Health care providers are working on innovative ways to combat the unique disparities in the regions.
Two U.S. senators, one from Louisiana and one from Hawaii, have introduced a bill to the Senate that would increase investments in schools performing research into minority health disparities.
Cancer claims millions of lives in the U.S. each year. Access to treatment, preventative care and screenings is a unique hardship for some people in rural areas.
The Health Resources and Services Administration classifies geographic areas as medically underserved based on them having too few primary care doctors, a high infant mortality rate, high poverty or a high elderly population.
