Ochsner Children’s Hospital in New Orleans is participating in a nationwide clinical trial testing the effectiveness and safety of the Pfizer COVID vaccine on teens aged 12 to 17. Ochsner Principal Investigator, Dr. Julia Garcia-Diaz says Louisiana could be contributing a lot of data to the trial.
She says they hope to have enough data by June of next year.
LSU could be set to lose another playmaker as freshman tight end Arik Gilbert is considering opting out of the season. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says the Georgia native is apparently homesick and wants to give his body a break, but…
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Thousands of pounds of dry ice will be needed to ship and store the Pfizer COVID vaccine and dry ice companies are stepping up to make that happen. One of those is Red Ball Oxygen of Shreveport. CEO Alex Kennedy says the product is the only way that vaccine can make it from Pfizer into your arm.
When dry ice also gets too warm it sublimates, transitioning straight from solid ice to gas, meaning there’s no cleanup to worry about or chance of water contaminating vaccines.
State Fire Marshal Deputies are investigating a house fire that claimed the lives of an 89-year-old woman and her 58-year-old son in St. Martinville, Monday morning. While the cause of the fire has not been determined, State Fire Marshal spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue says a space heater could’ve been involved.