The statewide mask mandate takes effect today and both the unvaccinated and vaccinated will have to return to masking up while indoors. Many vaccinated individuals question why they have to wear a mask again. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says there’s growing evidence that vaccinated individuals who get COVID can spread the virus…
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The number of people hospitalized in Louisiana due to COVID has reached an all-time high and the state health department reported 59 more COVID deaths yesterday.

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy says the Infrastructure bill that Senators are working to pass contains over six billion dollars in funding that would go to Louisiana over a five-year period. Cassidy says the legislation also contains three-point-five billion dollars in flood mitigation assistance grants…
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Ochsner Health is trying to help dispel vaccine misinformation for women of childbearing age. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s office says two juveniles were killed in a car crash just after midnight near Madisonville. Two other juveniles were also inside the vehicle and they were rushed to a nearby hospital. Names of the victims or a cause of the crash have not been released.