Ochsner Health says they’ve admitted 34 pediatric patients 19 and under for COVID-19 during August. Eight of those patients are under the age of ten. Ochsner Chief Medical Officer Doctor Robert Hart says as school-age children return to the classroom, hospitals are worried they could see even more pediatric patients…
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Health officials are also working to boost vaccination numbers in rural areas. In southwest Louisiana, 29-percent of the population is vaccinated, in central Louisiana the number is 31-percent. LSU Infectious Disease Specialist Doctor Catherine O’ Neal says many rural communities are disconnected from mainstream messages…
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Now that the FDA has given full approval to the Pfizer COVID vaccine LSU students will have to be vaccinated or tested regularly for COVID…
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Ochsner is mandating COVID vaccines for all of its 32-thousand employees. Currently, 66-percent of their workers are fully vaccinated. Also, the state health department reported 139 COVID deaths yesterday. That’s the most deaths reported in a single day since April 14, 2020.