The Health Department and the Academy of Pediatrics are recommending that children ages six month up to five year also be vaccinated against COVID. In Louisiana, there are 281-thousand children ages six months to five years and State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says the Moderna vaccine is a two-dose series and the Pfizer vaccine consists of three doses.
Call your pediatrician for an appointment of visit LDH’s website for a provider near you.
Though the temperatures may have indicated otherwise, today is the first official day of summer. State climatologist Barry Keim says get used to the sweltering temperatures because they aren’t going anywhere.
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Governor John Bel Edwards has vetoed bills to create so-called Education Savings Accounts. Daniel Erspamer (pronounced: ER-spay-mer), with the Pelican Institute for Public Policy says because Louisiana is among the worst states in the U.S. for education, and literacy among kids is a particular problem, the Governor’s veto is a sad development, but he doesn’t see this as merely partisan politics…:
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The statewide average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is $4.51. These record high gas prices have altered summer vacation plans for some. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says the Staycation promotion that worked so well during the pandemic…
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