Lake Charles College Prep is the first school in Calcasieu Parish to invite LSU-Shreveport to administer weekly COVID-19 testing for staff and students.
The Louisiana Department of Education has launched a child care assistance program to help combat the shortage of healthcare workers amid the fourth COVID-19 surge.
Lake Charles Memorial says the monoclonal antibody infusion used to treat COVID-19 in high-risk patients is now available through their home health program.
Lake Charles Memorial Health System is requiring all employees to become fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 29 or be required to submit to weekly COVID tests, said Matt Felder of Lake Charles Memorial.
The decision by the FDA to approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has drawn even more attention to the conversation. With its approval, what authority do public schools in Louisiana have when it comes to mandates?
Gov. John Bel Edwards and State Health Officer Dr. Joseph Kanter applauded the U. S. Food and Drug Administration’s full approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, the first such full approval of its kind.
Calcasieu Parish Mosquito Control is reminding residents to protect themselves from mosquitoes after mosquitoes collected from the parish tested positive for the West Nile Virus.
WCCH held news conference about the As hospitals are reaching full capacity, local health officials at West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital made an urgent plea for more people to get the vaccine at a news conference Thursday.seriousness of Covid-19.
LSU has advised several of its Greek chapters that their members must be tested for COVID-19 after university officials detected the virus in samples of wastewater from Greek houses on campus, a university spokesperson tells WAFB.
Officials at West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital were holding a news conference discussing the seriousness of the current COVID-19 surge when a Code Blue call went out.
The Angola Prison Fall Rodeo has been canceled due to the ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases across the state and out of an abundance of caution and for the health and safety of staff and prisoners.
The erroneous post appears to be a screenshot of a TV news story and incorporates LDWF’s logo with the words “BREAKING NEWS” and “No Vaccine, No Hunting.”
Tuesday, McNeese State University announced they will be participating in the “Shot for $100″ program. The program, initially announced by Gov. Edwards, offers a $100 Visa card to the first 75,000 college students who get their COVID-19 vaccine.
What was supposed to be a public forum for updates from LDH and university presidents on the latest COVID numbers, quickly turned into high emotions and discourse.
