The FDA approves emergency use for the first self-test for COVID-19 and it provides results in 30 minutes. Assistant for Translational Research at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine Dr. Lucio says the test requires a prescription. As for reporting results to track outbreaks…
Governor John Bel Edwards was in Lafayette to speak at a deployment ceremony for Louisiana National Guard soldiers who belong to the 256th Infantry Brigade. This is the third deployment to the Middle East for the 256th since nine-eleven. Edwards says he has confidence they will execute their mission well…
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Former Governor Edwin Edwards is back in the hospital today. His biographer, Leo Honeycutt, says the 93-year-old has been diagnosed with double pneumonia and is expected to remain in the hospital for the next few days. He was in the hospital over the weekend as well but released after he was treated for a head cold.
Fourth district Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson has been elected as vice-chairman of the House Republican Conference. Jim Shannon has the story….
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The state health department reported 22-hundred new COVID-19 cases today bringing the state’s total to nearly 210-thousand.