President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are in New Orleans today highlighting the Biden Cancer Moonshot Initiative. Last year, the First Lady toured the Louisiana Cancer Research Center on Tulane Avenue, joined by New Orleans U.S. Congressman Troy Carter…

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Tulane says that significant amount is up to 23-million dollars in funding for  an imaging system that will give doctors the ability to scan a tumor during surgery and determine within minutes whether any cancer tissue has been left behind.

 
While crops like corn and rice are seeing a good harvest this year, Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain estimates it will take years for the state crawfish industry to bounce back from last year’s historic drought. Strain says the effects of the drought won’t be fixed in a day…

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Several petitions against the statewide ban of cell phones in schools have popped up around the internet. One is from a Walker High freshman. Emma Grace Hodge says the fact that there are no exceptions to the cell phone ban creates an unnecessarily complicated system, as anyone who needs to contact a student during school hours would have to go through the school…

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Proponents of the ban say phones distract students in the classroom.

 
Louisianians purchasing hunting and fishing licenses can now register as organ donors thanks to an act passed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. LDWF Undersecretary Brian McClinton says by integrating the option into the license purchasing process, it becomes more convenient for people to sign up, potentially saving lives.

cut 11 (06) “…results are gonna be.”