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Planned Parenthood Generation Action staged a social-media driven event called "PinkOut" on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 in the Quad in order to show support for Planned Parenthood.

“Pink Out Day” advocates for Planned Parenthood

By Staff Reports September 29, 2015

Planned Parenthood Generation Action participated in “Pink Out Day” — a national event encouraging women’s health advocates to demonstrate their solidarity with Planned Parenthood...

LSU Student Health Center Executive Director D’Ann Morris outside center’ whose pharmacy is scheduled to be privatized at the end of the year.

Student Health Center pharmacy to be privatized

By Annette Sommers, Manship News Service September 17, 2015

The LSU Student Health Center’s pharmacy is shifting to private ownership this January after failing as a self-sustaining entity. Pharmacy ownership is not yet open for bids from private corporations,...

New SVM nutrition center serves teaching hospital patients

By Kaci Cazenave September 14, 2015

As of 2015, student-athletes are no longer the only ones on campus with food preparation facilities. After the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine received an in-kind donation from Nestle Purina PetCare...

09/01/2015 Student Health Center

Student Health Center clarifies fee misconceptions

By Joshua Jackson September 1, 2015

Following student confusion, the Student Health Center is seeking to clarify why graduating seniors taking less than 12 hours are eligible for several LSU services but are being forced to pay a fee for...

LSU employee health plan begins enrolling, covering same-sex couples

By Staff Reports July 8, 2015

The University's Human Resource Management department announced via email that it will update its LSU First Health Plan to accommodate employees and their spouses per the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex...

LSU Mental Health Services understaffed compared to other SEC schools

March 9, 2015

For the past few years, physics senior Cadron Pickett has dealt with depression and anxiety. Though he takes a low dose of medication, he still wants the comfort of seeing a medical professional weekly. But...

LSUHSC enters partnership with CVS, Walgreens

By Carrie Grace Henderson February 11, 2015

The LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans wants to remedy the condition of its primary care availability. In an attempt to expand the reach of their primary care, the LSU Healthcare Network has entered...

Student Government continues talks of potentially banning all tobacco on campus. In a poll, approximately 60% of students voted not in favor of the ban.

New Orleans smoking ban prompts debate in Baton Rouge

By Associated Press January 28, 2015

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Less than a week after New Orleans passed a law to ban smoking in bars and casinos, some Baton Rouge medical professionals and local leaders are pushing the capital city to...

Instructor Alison Benda will lead the UREC class.

Belly dancing classes to be offered at UREC

January 27, 2015

“Egyptian Figure Eights” and “Mayan Hips” will become a part of the UREC’s vocabulary as the facility delves into belly dancing culture. “Shake Your Belly Off,”...

Results of tobacco policy unclear

January 15, 2015

The University’s tobacco-free policy has been in place for a full semester, but its effectiveness is still up for debate. Mass communication professor and tobacco policy committee leader Judith Sylvester...

Tobacco

University of Alabama to become smoke-free

By TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) January 8, 2015

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Students and staff at the University of Alabama will return from the holiday break to a smoke-free campus. The new policy, announced in November, begins Thursday, the first...

FILE - In this Aug. 2013 file photo, fans attend an event at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. Seven Californians and two people in Utah have confirmed cases of measles likely contracted on trips last month to Disney theme parks in California, state officials said Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Mindy Schauer)

9 measles cases linked to Disney theme parks in California

By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press January 8, 2015

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Seven Californians and two people in Utah have confirmed cases of measles likely contracted on trips last month to Disney theme parks in California, state officials said...