Healthcare

Virus roundup …   

• The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems...

LSU adjusting to COVID-19 realities

LSU faces several new operational and financial realities as the start of the fall semester grows closer.

Virus roundup …

• Louisiana will start accepting applications Wednesday for the $250 one-time payment offered to...

Baton Rouge leaders, Ochsner Health launch COVID-19 prevalence study 

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome, Ochsner Health, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and Pennington Biomedical...

Virus roundup … 

• LSU has released its plans for the upcoming fall semester, which include capping...

As COVID-19 cases spike, Louisiana hospitals worry about remdesivir supply

Hospital officials from across the state expressed their concerns to Gov. John Bel Edwards...

As COVID-19 cases spike, Rocca temporarily shifts to counter service

As Louisiana sees another spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases, Rocca Pizzeria is temporarily converting...

Virus roundup … 

• The Louisiana Department of Health reported 1,843 new COVID-19 cases today and 16...

White House taps Baton Rouge for one of three coronavirus surge testing sites

Baton Rouge’s four federally backed coronavirus surge testing sites kicked off this morning, Gov....

Virus roundup …

• Louisiana coronavirus cases topped 70,000 Wednesday, but hospitalizations dropped for the first time...