Frontline Health care workers began receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations today. Governor John Bel Edwards was on hand at Ochsner’s Hospital in Jefferson Parish for the historic occasion. Edwards says this is the beginning of the end of the pandemic…
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Dr. Robert Hart, Chief Medical Officer at Ochsner reminded those who were vaccinated today to follow up in 21 days with the second shot to receive maximum protection which has been shown to be 95-percent effective with the booster shot.
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Health care workers at Shreveport’s Willis Knighton Hospital were also vaccinated today.

Louisiana’s eight Electoral College electors cast their ballots for President Donald Trump at the Capitol today. States across the country are certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s win. With that happening, State GOP Chairman Louis Gervich looked towards the future…

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Two LSU players were named SEC Players of the Week today for their performance in the Tigers upset 37-34 win over Florida. Freshman Max Johnson was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 239 yards and three touchdowns. The 19-year-old says he felt comfortable running the offense…

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Cade York was named Special Teams Player of the Week. He nailed a game-winning, school-record 57-yard field goal in the final minute.

This morning the first frontline healthcare workers in Louisiana received the Pfizer COVID vaccine, a historic moment marking a major step forward in fighting the pandemic. Governor John Bel Edwards was on hand at the Ochsner Jefferson Parish campus where the first vaccines of the day were administered. He says this is the beginning of the end of COVID-19…

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But he warns it will be another six months before it is available to the general public.

One of the first to be vaccinated was Dr. Obinna Nnedu (Oh-bee Nah-doo) an Infectious Disease Senior Physician at Ochsner. After getting his shot Ndedu walked up to the mic and assured people that it is highly effective…

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Roughly 40 percent of Americans polled last week according to Pew say they wouldn’t take the vaccine right now.

Electors for the Electoral College met in State Capitols across the country today to cast their votes for the next President. It’s a foregone conclusion that Joe Biden will get enough votes to win nationally but Louisiana’s eight electors all cast their ballots for Donald Trump, and state Republican Party member Ross Little Jr. noted the Trump campaign visited Louisiana in 2016 during the great flood despite it not being a battleground.

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Two LSU players were named SEC Players of the Week for their performance in the Tigers’ upset win over Florida. Cade York was named Special Teams Player of the Week. He nailed a game-winning, school-record 57-yard field goal and also made two other field goals. York is glad he had the chance to make history

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Freshman Max Johnson was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 239 yards and three scores.

Governor John Bel Edwards calls today a historic moment for Louisiana as the first frontline healthcare workers in the state were given the Pfizer COVID vaccine. Matt Doyle has the story…

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The state reported 1,022 new COVID 19 cases today and 27 fatalities. Hospitalizations are currently at 1,527.

And 8 electoral votes were officially cast at the state capitol this morning for President Trump who won the majority vote in Louisiana.

The first COVID-19 vaccine for the state was administered this morning at Ochsner Health in New Orleans.  Dr. Leonardo Seoane (Swani), a Pulmonary Critical Care Physician who also oversaw clinical trials of the Pfizer vaccine was the first to be inoculated on this historic day.

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According to the CDC, Blacks, American Indians, and Latinos are 2.7 times more likely to die from COVID compared to whites.

Two LSU players were named SEC Players of the Week for their performance in the Tigers’ upset win over Florida. Freshman Max Johnson was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 239 yards and three scores, the 19-year old has come off the bench in several games, but this was his first start…

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Cade York was named Special Teams player of the week.

Frontline Health care workers began receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations today. Governor John Bel Edwards was on hand at Ochsner’s Hospital in Jefferson Parish for the historic occasion. Edwards says this is the beginning of the end of the pandemic…
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Dr. Robert Hart, Chief Medical Officer at Ochsner reminded those who were vaccinated today to follow up in 21 days with the second shot to receive maximum protection which has been shown to be 95-percent effective with the booster shot.
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Health care workers at Shreveport’s Willis Knighton Hospital were also vaccinated today.

Louisiana’s eight electors officially cast their votes for President Donald Trump as every state’s Electoral College meets today. The electors also adopted a resolution commending President Trump’s four years in office…
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Today’s proceedings will result in President-Elect Joe Biden formally being named the 46th president in waiting.

Two LSU players were named SEC Players of the Week today for their performance in the Tigers upset 37-34 win over Florida. Freshman Max Johnson was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 239 yards and three touchdowns. The 19-year-old says he felt comfortable running the offense…
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Cade York was named Special Teams Player of the Week. He nailed a game-winning, school-record 57-yard field goal in the final minute.

It’s a momentous day in Louisiana as the first COVID vaccinations are administered to healthcare workers.

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A salt mine collapse in Iberia Parish leaves two workers still unaccounted for. Early reports indicate a roof collapsed at Cargill’s Avery Island Salt Mine earlier this morning and 16 other employees who were in the structure have been found so far but the facility and surrounding area has been shut down while the search continues for the others.

Many in the state are celebrating the historic first non-trial vaccination of a Louisianan but Governor Edwards is warning you that it may be awhile before the general public gets a shot…

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First up this week will be frontline COVID facing healthcare workers. Up next, once the Moderna vaccine is approved, will be nursing home staff and residents along with EMT first responders.

Louisiana’s eight Electoral College electors cast their ballots for President Donald Trump at the Capitol today. States across the country are certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s win. With that happening, State GOP Chairman Louis Gervich looked towards the future…

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Biden is expected to end the day with 306 electoral votes.

After meeting at the state capitol today it’s now official the 8 electoral votes have been cast for President Trump who won the majority of the vote in the state.

Governor John Bel Edwards calls today a historic moment for Louisiana as the first frontline healthcare workers in the state were given the Pfizer COVID vaccine. Matt Doyle has the story…

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And the state reports 1,022 new COVID 19 cases today and 27 fatalities. Hospitalizations are currently at 1,527 and 147 of those patients are on ventilators.

At Ochsner Health in New Orleans this morning the first round of Pfizer COVID vaccinations began among healthcare workers. Dr. Obinna Nnedu (Oh-bee Nah-doo) an Infectious Disease Senior Physician at Ochsner was among the first to be inoculated, he wanted to reassure the public that might be apprehensive about the vaccine.

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Louisiana is in the midst of a third major wave of COVID cases and medical professionals are begging the public to recommit to masking and social distancing before they run out of healthcare capacity. Shreveport based Willis Knighton Dr. Jennifer Prime is one of them. She says to date she has cared for 750 COVID patients and lost 92 of them.

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Healthcare workers at Willis Knighton began receiving COVID vaccinations this morning.

Governor John Bel Edwards was on-site at Ochsner’s Jefferson Parish campus this morning as the first Pfizer COVID vaccinations were administered in Louisiana. Edwards called it a historic moment.

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The state received thousands of doses Sunday and by Wednesday will have received 39,000 doses total. At Ochsner they anticipate vaccinating 88 percent of their COVID unit staff this week.

The first person in the state to be vaccinated at that location Dr. Leonardo Seone (Swani), a Pulmonary Critical Care Physician who also oversaw clinical trials of the Pfizer vaccine.

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The vaccine won’t be available to the general public for about another five to six months.

Vaccinations may have begun but the pandemic is certainly not over. Shreveport based Willis Knighton Dr. Jennifer Prime asks everyone to keep up their mitigation actions until their time comes for a shot, because she sees people are starting to get lax…

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In this hour Louisiana’s eight Electoral College electors are meeting at the Capitol in the Senate Chamber to cast their votes for President Donald Trump. Two of the electors received at large appointments by the state GOP while the other six represent each of Louisiana’s six Congressional Districts. Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta represents the 1^st District…

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President-elect Joe Biden is expected to end the day with 306 electoral votes and be named the next President of the United States. President Donald Trump won the state with 58 percent of the vote.