As recovery efforts continue in the Gulf Coast, the public health crisis wrought by the storm continues to unfold. With flooding slowly receding in New Orleans, health officials have shifted the focus of their concern from the disease threat posed by the polluted flood waters to the utter destruction of the city's health care infrastructure, the cost and delivery of basic health care to the storm's displaced evacuees, and the mental health needs of Katrina's traumatized victims.
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Sept. 16
Dr. Manny Alvarez: New Orleans: Unsung Heroes, Unfounded Rumors
Sept. 15
Uninsured Get Medical Care After Katrina
Sept. 14
Feds Plan to Ensure Flu Shots for Evacuees
Sept. 13
Lingering Katrina Health Effects Expected to Strain a Destroyed System
Families Separated By Storm My Be Emotionally Scarred
Sept. 12
Medicaid Eases Sign-up for Katrina Evacuees
Katrina Displaces Thousands of HIV-AIDS Patients
Sept. 10
Public Health Crisis Still Threatens Gulf Coast
Sept. 9
Doctor: Public Health Crisis Developing in Mississippi
Sept. 8
Bacteria in Waters 10X Safe Levels
Toxins in Floodwaters Kill Five
Aiding Victims Helps Americans Cope With Katrina
Dr. Manny Alvarez: Looking Into the Eyes of the Storm
Sept. 7
Feds Launch Katrina Crisis Hotline
Five Katrina Deaths Linked to Improper Use of Electricity Generators
USNS Comfort May Serve As Respite for Responders
Five Deaths Linked to Polluted Flood Water
Sept. 6
At Shelters, Katrina Health Crisis Continues
CDC Urging Katrina Victims to Update Vaccinations
Waterborne Bacterial Infection May Have Caused Deaths
Report: E. Coli in New Orleans
Sept. 5
Docs' Katrina Relief Efforts Hampered
Astrodome Triage Center Treating Hundreds
New Orleans Engulfed in Public Health Emergency
First Person: Nurse Caring for Refugees Shares Experience
Katrina Refugees Deal With Health, Emotions at an Atlanta Recreation Center
Stranded New Orleans Hospitals Evacuated After Five-Day Ordeal
Officials Try to Prevent Medical Crisis
Medical Experts: Katrina Health Aftermath Worsens
Medical Supplies Enroute to New Orleans, Mississippi
Sept. 1
'Health Emergency' Declaration Gives Special Powers to Victims
Public Health Disaster in New Orleans
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