Experts say the demand for COVID-19 testing is going up right now as many folks try to take a test to see if they are in the clear to head home for Thanksgiving.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) says it’s harder to pin this latest spike in COVID-19 cases on a specific holiday, event, or even age group. Instead, the state is losing its fight with the virus on a number of different fronts.
In a memo to member schools, LHSAA executive director Eddie Bonine emphasized urgency in following COVID-19 mitigation measures at high school athletic events and warned of fines and other penalties for failure to comply.
Louisiana is going back to a modified version of Phase 2, Governor John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday, Nov. 24, but the governor also says there’s light at the end of the tunnel in the form of a vaccine for COVID-19.
One Baton Rouge General (BRG) nurse is planning to have a very different holiday season this year, not because of COVID-19 restrictions, but because of the family members he has lost to COVID-19.
Many folks will be hitting the road to visit family this week for Thanksgiving, and a lot of people will also be flying. There has been some concern about how safe airports are during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The White House Coronavirus Task Force released its latest report concerning COVID-19 cases in Louisiana. The state says the situation has “gotten ever more dire in Louisiana.”
As COVID-19 cases surge once again in Louisiana, several Baton Rouge area school superintendents are asking the state for more freedom to expand in-person learning.
“I just wanted you people see this this is real. This is real. This ain’t no hoax. There’s no politics. This s—t’s real,” the 49-year-old said from his hospital bed.
As concerns over the rising number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow, at least one Mardi Gras parade on the Coast has already been canceled due to the pandemic.
The Louisiana Department of Health urges the public to remain vigilant in wearing masks and social distancing despite the promising news about vaccines.
Senior living communities like St. James Place are not on total lock down, but are asking their residents to stay put and limit visits due to the latest COVID-19 spike.
Gov. John Bel Edwards gave a stern warning to Louisiana residents about the alarming rise of COVID-19 cases in the state and urged them to follow COVID-19 prevention guidelines during a news conference Thursday, Nov. 19.
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DOC) is scrapping plans that had been in the works for about a month to allow family visits to prisons during the week of Thanksgiving due to rising COVID-19 cases across the state and in its prison system.
Even though parades won’t be allowed to happen in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, some krewes brought up the possibility of rescheduling parades. Mayor LaToya Cantrell says she won’t rule out that possibility.
One of the largest krewes to roll in New Orleans during the Mardi Gras season said it plans on cancelling its parade until spring when a vaccine might be available to parade goers.
The East Baton Rouge Parish mayoral runoff debate between incumbent, Sharon Weston Broome, and challenger, Steve Carter, has been canceled due to COVID-19.
Officials with the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force say schools need to take extra precautions, especially if they are in areas with high COVID-19 positivity rates.
Officials with West Baton Rouge Parish Government say all bars in the parish must close on-premise consumption due to a rise in COVID-19 positivity rates in the parish.
In the fight against Covid 19, first responders like doctors, nurses, and EMT workers come first to mind. Contact tracers though are just as much first responders.
Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital designs a new wagon called “imagination wagon” with attachable IV poles, so children can get around the hospital easier and in a more fun way.
Officials with the Louisiana Department of Health are holding flu vaccination clinics across the state and will hold one in Baton Rouge Thursday, Nov. 19.
The newest healthcare clinic in north Baton Rouge is one of 15 facilities being built by Ochsner and the Brees Dream Foundation to help under-served groups of people in the area.
Bars in Ascension Parish were forced to close Friday, Nov. 13 by the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control (ATC) after the parish reported COVID-19 positivity rates higher than 10% for two consecutive weeks.
Gov. John Bel Edwards said he is concerned about the dramatic rise in Louisiana’s COVID-19 cases as residents are preparing for the Thanksgiving holiday and the state only being a month into flu season.
Due to a rising positivity rate, Ascension Parish is no longer eligible to opt in to Phase 3 guidelines for bars, meaning bars in the parish must close again.
East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome says as of Thursday, Nov. 12, the parish is moving in the wrong direction as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As people begin to prepare for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday, local grocery stores are stocking up to make sure they are ready for anything even with Turkey Day looking a little different this year thanks to COVID-19.
Officials with the Zachary Community School District announced Tuesday, Nov. 10 that out of an abundance of caution, students at Zachary High School will be learning virtually Wednesday, Nov. 11 through Friday, Nov. 20.
The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to leave in place the bulk of the Affordable Care Act, including key protections for pre-existing health conditions and subsidized insurance premiums that affect tens of millions of Americans.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) announced Tuesday, Nov. 10 that it will not report statewide COVID-19 data on holidays through the end of the year, beginning with Veterans Day on Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Several players on the LSU football team, including starters, have tested positive for COVID-19 or are currently quarantining after potentially being exposed to someone with COVID-19, head coach Ed Orgeron announced during a news conference Monday, Nov. 9.
Eight months into the pandemic, the levels of reported child abuse and neglect in Louisiana are down. Back in March, there was a nearly 50% drop in reports.
