A Senate committee is meeting at the Capitol to discuss the handling of sexual misconduct incidents on college campuses. Members of the Legislative Women’s Caucus will attend the meeting, including Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell…
They want to receive in-depth responses from all public university systems in the state regarding their handling of sexual misconduct cases, and policies.
Governor John Bel Edwards says he was very troubled after reading the entire Husch Blackwell report that investigated mishandlings of sexual abuse and assault cases at LSU. Edwards says the report also made recommendations on how to improve the Title Nine office and what punishments to enforce.
Individuals over the age of 16 with one of two dozen designated health conditions, smokers, or persons with a body mass index greater than 25-percent are now eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Louisiana Independent Pharmacies Association President Randall Johnson says they are ready to put shots in arms…
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The state health department says nearly ten-percent of the state’s population is fully vaccinated.
In the 12 months since Louisiana saw its first COVID case, treatment has come a long way. Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Chief of Hospital Medicine Dr. Mike Sewell says the current case fatality rate is far lower than it was at the beginning of the pandemic when it was as high as four percent in New Orleans…
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He says they’ve learned what works and doesn’t work.