The state health department says over the past two weeks about one percent of Louisiana residents have become infected with COVID-19. Governor John Bel Edwards says more than six thousand children have tested positive this week, which is why children five and up should wear a mask in schools
LSU faculty and staff members expressed concerns Friday with a 100-percent capacity return to the classroom during the fourth pandemic surge. History Professor Meredith Veldman questioned school leaders when a statement on the school’s website says they follow CDC guidelines, yet their actions show otherwise.
Another COVID-19 variant has been detected in Louisiana. LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport has found the Lambda variant in seven cases in northwest Louisiana. But LSU Health Shreveport Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Jeremy Kamil says there’s no reason to believe that this new variant will bypass the vaccines that are available…
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Canadian-based Interfor Corporation announces plans to invest eight million dollars to restart an idle sawmill near DeQuincy. Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance CEO George Swift says the revived plant will support significant logging and logistics activity in the region…
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The project is expected to create 170 new jobs.