Thanks to a new portal by the State Department of Health, people can keep up with the number of respiratory viruses statewide. Teiko Foxx has more…
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The state wildlife commission meets today to discuss rules and regulations for the return of a Black Bear hunting season in Louisiana. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Tulane and LSU look to brighten the Future of the fragile Lower Mississippi River Delta. Colleen Crain has more.
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The state Department of Health is allowing Louisianans to track trends in COVID-19, flu, and RSV statewide through its new respiratory virus dashboard. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says the portal provides data on the number of deaths, hospitalizations admissions, and emergency visits.
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The Louisiana Respiratory Virus Surveillance program is made up of a network of hospitals and clinical-based laboratories that submit data weekly. Kanter says data can be filtered by date and the state’s public health regions.
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The portal also offers resources on vaccine locators, respiratory virus updates, and cases by age and gender. Kanter says Louisianans can also find the number of patients admitted each week with a respiratory virus.
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View the state’s respiratory virus dashboard at ldh.la.gov/respiratory-home.
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A new study conducted by researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute reveals people exposed to median levels of air pollution have a 56 percent greater risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Louisiana is within the Parkinson’s disease hot spot area. Brittany Krzyzanowski researcher at Barrow says Louisiana has more toxic components and high road network density.
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The study identified nearly 90 thousand people with Parkinson’s disease from a Medicare dataset of nearly 22 million.
Areas along the Western, Northeast, and Southern regions of the state were identified as “hot spots.” Kryzanowski says these types of studies reveal insights into the role of environmental toxins in the development and progression of Parkinson’s.
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Krzyzanowski urges Louisianans with poor health to monitor air quality alerts and pollution levels.
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The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meets today to establish regulations for the return of the Black Bear hunting season. Monroe Senator Stewart Cathey believes the commission will initially introduce a limited 2024 hunting season.
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The increasing Black Bear population inspired Cathey to introduce legislation for the season’s return. After years of helping preserve the species, he says now they’ve become a nuisance.
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Cathey credits hunters and fishermen as being the best conservationists. When the American-Alligator population in Louisiana was almost extinct he credits responsible outdoorsmen in the state.
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LDWF says Black Bears in Tensas make up half or more of the state’s population. The meeting begins at 9:30 this morning.
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LSU and Tulane have been awarded $22 million dollars from The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to lead the 15 member MissDelta Consortium. Mead Allison, chair of Tulane University’s Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering says the 5 year project will look ahead to the year 2100 and bring stakeholders together to deal with the complicated issues of preserving the Lower Mississippi and Upper Gulf Coast
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Allison says it’s important to bring stakeholders together for input as The Consortium explores multiple issues. They will be developing Predictive tools and models to explore potential solutions
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Though led by LSU and Tulane, the consortium includes Six Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Louisiana and Mississippi. Allison says the goals of the project look to the future and include upcoming generations…
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The 14th-ranked LSU Tigers are preparing for a tough game on Saturday against SEC West Rival Alabama. The Tigers need to beat the 8th-ranked Crimson Tide in order to keep their hopes alive of repeating as SEC West champs. Tigers linebacker Greg Penn is expecting a physical contest…
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LSU’s defense has had its struggles, but they’ve played better as of late. Penn says they know they don’t have to play a perfect game in Tuscaloosa in order to come away with a win…
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LSU will need to avoid the home run balls. In seven starts this season, Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe leads the SEC and ranks third nationally with 16.33 yards per completion. Milroe is averaging 38 yards on his touchdown strikes. Penn says Alabama likes to establish the run game and then make you pay with deep passes…
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The Ragin Cajuns head into the final month of the season with a chance at winning the Sun Belt West Division. U-L Lafayette is 2-and-2 in league play, one game behind division leader Troy. There are four teams in the division with a two-and-two record, including the Cajuns opponent Saturday, Arkansas State. Coach Michael Desormeaux’s team is going back on the road after a big win at South Alabama last Saturday…
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Arkansas State is playing a freshman at quarterback. Desormeaux says Jaylen Raynor has been impressive…
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