Ochsner Hospital for Children says they are seeing an increase in kids testing positive for COVID. System Chair of Pediatrics Doctor William Lennarz says most children suffer from mild symptoms of the Delta variant, but they are also treating children who are critically ill…
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Lennarz says if he was a parent of a 12 to 18-year-old, he would be running not walking to the closest vaccine station. Louisiana Federation of Teachers President Larry Carter agrees…
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Carter says a poll among national members indicates more than 90-percent are vaccinated for COVID and an estimated 80-percent of faculty and staff are vaccinated in Louisiana.

The FDA is expected to give full authorization for the Pfizer COVID vaccine next month, approximately nine months after it received Emergency Use Authorization. Brooke Thorington has more.
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