5:30 LRN Newscast Nov 18

Both Pfizer and Moderna are reporting effectiveness rates of 95-percent for their COVID vaccines. Senator Bill Cassidy says proven vaccines are the best way to safely reopen and our economy and hopefully, in the spring a large portion of the population will be vaccinated…

Cut 14 (13) “..be infected.” 

The FDA approves emergency use for the first at-home self-test for COVID-19 that provides results in 30 minutes. Assistant for Translational Research at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine Dr. Lucio Miele the timing is what is important is when you perform the test.

Cut 9 (12) “…really literally.”

Governor John Bel Edwards was in Lafayette this morning to personally thank members of the 256th Infantry Brigade who are deploying to the Middle East. About two-thousand guardsmen are participating in deployment ceremonies that have been taking place over the last week. They will be gone for nearly a year and Edwards thanked them for their service.

Cut 7 (13) “…valiantly protect.”

Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson has been elected as vice-chair of the House Republican Conference. Johnson was just elected to his third term and he expects the new Congress will attempt to pass a massive infrastructure bill. But how will the federal government pay for it…

cut 4 (12) “….long term”