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The US Census reports Louisiana’s rural parishes continued to bleed population over the last years. Matt Doyle has the story.
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On Monday the city of New Orleans citywide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test mandate goes into effect. New Orleans Department of Health Director Dr. Jennifer Avegno says close to 99-percent of COVID cases in Louisiana are due to the highly transmissible Delta variant and shared her disappointment that the pandemic continues.
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Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has issued an emergency rule to increase the state’s hospital bed capacity at 24-hour acute care hospitals. The rule allows acute care hospitals to discharge recovering patients to appropriate alternative settings, freeing up beds to accept new patients. Normally Donelon says hospital transfers require prior authorization from insurance, and…
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Donelon issued a similar rule in 2020
Governor John Bel Edwards rolls out another vaccine incentive program aimed at boosting the state’s low vaccination rate…
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Edwards has called the program necessary as college students are returning to campus and 18- to 29-year-olds in the state are helping spread the Delta variant. For more information visit shotfor100.com
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