The state health department reported the largest one day increase in the number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital since April. Hospitalizations increased by 92 to 1,516. The state also reported 24-hundred new coronavirus cases and 45 deaths bringing Louisiana’s death toll to 6,652.

Louisiana dry ice manufacturers are preparing for the rollout of the Pfizer COVID vaccine. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Ochsner Hospital for Children is one of 24 systems around the nation that’s been selected to participate in a Pfizer COVID vaccine trial for children ages 12 to 17. Ochsner Principal Investigator, Doctor Julia Garcia-Diaz on why a trial is needed involving just kids.
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Garcia says the goal is to enroll about two-thousand children nationwide.

Georgia native and LSU freshman tight end Arik Gilbert is reportedly home sick and looking to transfer. This latest news is another troubling sign for a program that seems to be falling apart. LSU still has two more games left on its schedule and Athletics Director Scott Woodward has said the Tigers are also interested in playing in a bowl game. But Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says this program is ready for the offseason to start…
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