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With newborn babies and their moms dying in Louisiana at some of the highest rates in the developed world, lawmakers are considering bills that would expand health care services to

With newborn babies and their moms dying in Louisiana at some of the highest rates in the developed world, lawmakers are considering bills that would expand health care services to

A group of bird lovers has an urgent message for neighborhoods in Pinellas County: stop putting out rat poison. They believe the toxins meant to kill rodents are killing rare birds of prey, too.

Rat poison may be indirectly killing owls in Phillipe Park in Pinellas County.

BATON ROUGE - Doctors at Womans Hospital have a renewed hope for a healthier future after the CDC released guidelines that strongly encourage the COVID-19 vaccine to be safe for pregnant women. 

"Childrens Health Matters" is the subject of a special "Louisiana Public Square" at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The program airs on WLPB, Channel 27 (cable Channel 12), in Baton Rouge and Lafayette and WLAE, Channel 32 (cable Channel 14), in New Orleans. It also will stream live online at lpb.org/livetv and will be available on demand at lpb.org. The hour re-airs at 11 a.m. Sunday. The monthly LPB public affairs program is focusing on the state of children’s health in Louisiana as it rolls out it...

profiles The Gilmer Mirror  | 12   |  (Baton Rouge, LA) – Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) is an active partner to Louisiana parents and has been for 45 years. Now LPB is pleased to announce even more ways to help parents with a new multi-platform initiative, One To Grow On, designed to improve the health, safety, education and overall well-being of Louisiana’s children.  The launch comes on the heels of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2020 Kids Count report that ra...