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Messages and Messengers in Public Health Crises

WebCTN: Tell me about some ways you’ve seen local cultures and local traditions shape public health responses. Are there different ways you have to communicate to people in …

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Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana

WebThe tribe is the only one comprised entirely of Coushatta Indians (also called Koasati in their native language). It was while living on islands in the Tennessee River …

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Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana

WebThe Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is one of four federally recognized tribal governments in Louisiana and one of three federally recognized Coushatta tribal …

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East Louisiana State Hospital

WebEast Louisiana State Hospital. Charged with designing a hospital in 1847 that would not look like a prison, architect Charles Gibbons produced this Greek Revival …

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Tunica-Biloxi Tribe

WebThe Tunica-Biloxi reservation is located just south of Marksville in east-central Louisiana. Tribal lands comprise approximately 1,717 acres of trust and fee …

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Oretha Castle Haley

WebOretha Castle Haley died after a long battle with ovarian cancer on October 10, 1987. Her husband and her four sons survived her. In 1989, the city of New Orleans …

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Yellow Fever in Louisiana

WebThe Disease. Yellow fever is a viral infection transmitted by the common mosquito, Aedes aegypti. It is spread when a mosquito bites a person infected with the …

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Nueva New Orleans

WebThe city of New Orleans, with its European, African, and Latin flavors, has always been unique among US cities. From 1763 to 1803 Louisiana was a Spanish …

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Cholera in Louisiana

WebDuring the nineteenth century, Louisiana experienced multiple outbreaks of cholera, a bacterial infection of the intestine. Cholera epidemics in 1832–1833, …

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Big Charity: The History of Charity Hospital

WebJean Louis, a French seaman who built boats in New Orleans, bequeathed his holdings to the founding and maintenance of Charity Hospital, a hospital for the …

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Carville National Leprosarium

WebFrom 1894 to 1999, the National Leprosarium (now known as the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center) was the only inpatient hospital in the United States …

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Charity Hospital

WebCharity Hospital. Charity Hospital, 1532 Tulane Avenue. Unidentified. Built by the Public Works Administration (PWA) between 1936 and 1940, Charity Hospital is a …

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“Operation Ouch”

WebClassic Stock / Alamy Stock Photo. A little girl awaits her polio vaccine. March 26, 2021. O n a sunny Sunday in East Baton Rouge Parish, the Boy Scouts of …

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