LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center is participating in the Moderna pediatric COVID vaccine trial. Brooke Thorington has more.
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A 15-year-old girl is in custody in Caddo Parish for allegedly making a threat over social media. Sheriff Steve Prator says students and staff reported a bomb threat against Byrd High School yesterday afternoon. A full sweep of the campus was made but no bomb was found. Authorities say the teen used another classmate’s social media account to make the threat. She’s charged with terrorizing.
After extensive power outages from Hurricane Ida, Entergy is now facing a class-action lawsuit from some customers. More than 900 thousand lost power following the storm. Juan LaFonta is one of the attorneys’ representing plaintiffs in the case. He says the suit is seeking to recover damages for losses that include food that was spoiled due to lack of power and even electrical equipment that was harmed when power was restored.
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Two lawsuits are now making their way through state court that allege that mandates issued by Ochsner Lafayette General and Our Lady of the Lourdes Regional Medical Center violate the state constitution by forcing nurses and staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Attorney Jimmy Faircloth.
Ochsner is not commenting due to pending litigation and Lourdes says it believes it’s taken appropriate measures to mitigate risks associated with the pandemic.