The first round of the coronavirus Pfizer vaccine is being distributed throughout the state. Frontline health care workers at Ochsner Health’s Jefferson Highway main campus, Shreveport’s Willis-Knighton Medical Center, and CHRISTUS St. Frances Hospital in Alexandria were the first to receive the vaccinations.

A 748 billion dollar COVID relief bill has taken shape in D.C. after extensive negotiations involving a bipartisan group of lawmakers. Matt Doyle has the story.
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Aaron Bowman and his attorneys gathered on the state Capitol steps to demand justice and transparency after state trooper Jacob Brown was arrested last week for excessive force during Bowman’s arrest in May of 2019. Baton Rouge Attorney Ronald Haley says Bowman, a black man, was beaten in the head with a police-grade flashlight outside of his Monroe home.
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Brown was arrested last week for battery and malfeasance in office.

The Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge hopes to begin recruiting in February or March for a study to look at why exercise benefits some people more than others. Director of Biomedical Imaging Doctor Owen Carmichael says they’re looking for participants from all age groups with folks of varying levels of physical fitness…
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The research is the result of a grant from the National Institute of Health.