The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns (6-13) will play their first home game in 12 days when they host the Texas State Bobcats (11-8) on Thursday afternoon. Louisiana has won two of its last three games, with both wins coming against Louisiana Monroe. Texas State is riding a two-game winning streak after notching home victories over Georgia […]
The statement seemed to offer an assurance that other vaccines were not subject to the new restrictions. “Changes regarding seasonal vaccines like COVID and influenza do not change the Department’s policy or messaging regarding childhood immunizations,” it read. This flu season, the health department has reportedly canceled standard vaccination events and clinics. On social media, […]
Louisiana’s health department has been barred from advertising or promoting vaccines for flu, COVID-19, and mpox, according to reporting by NPR, KFF Health News, and New Orleans Public Radio WWNO. Their investigative report—based on interviews with multiple health department employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation—revealed that employees were told […]
The Louisiana resident infected with H5N1 bird flu is hospitalized in critical condition and suffering from severe respiratory symptoms, the Louisiana health department revealed Wednesday. The health department had reported the presumptive positive case on Friday and noted the person was hospitalized, as Ars reported. But a spokesperson had, at the time, declined to provide […]
A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with H5N1 bird flumarking the United States’ first severe case of the illness. In a statement released Wednesday (Dec. 18), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) noted that, in total, 61 people in the U.S. have had a confirmed case of H5N1 this year. Of the […]
A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu after having contact with sick and dying birds suspected of carrying the virus, state health officials announced Friday. It is the first human H5N1 case detected in Louisiana. For now, the case is considered a “presumptive” positive until testing is confirmed by the Centers for […]
Who’s Playing UAB Blazers @ Louisiana Ragin Cajuns Current Records: UAB 3-4, Louisiana 1-5 How To Watch What to Know The UAB Blazers’ road trip will continue as they head out to face the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns at 12:30 p.m. ET on Monday at Virgin Islands Sport & Fitness Center. The Blazers are strutting in […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing big plans to overhaul the state’s complex tax code to deliver income and corporate tax cuts. But a Senate committee Tuesday introduced significant changes to the sweeping reform package in response to concerns raised by lawmakers, lobbyists and local governments. Landry and his allies in […]
Doctors are now also required to put in a physician’s order before obtaining the drugs and specify the reason for the prescription, rather than documenting this information afterward, a change that wastes precious time. Some staff did timed drills in advance of October 1 to see how long it would take them to retrieve misoprostol […]
