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 seriously ill children…
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Lennarz says if he was a parent of a 12 to 18-year-old, he would run not walk to the closest vaccine station.

The FDA is aiming to give final approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for adults by Labor Day weekend. The shot currently has Emergency Use Authorization. Tulane School of Medicine Epidemiologist Dr. Susan Hassig says the agency is reviewing storage, dosing, and distribution data.
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Full authorization could lead to more vaccine mandates.

Louisiana Lottery sets a sales record for the last fiscal year. Matt Doyle on what this means for public education
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Senator John Kennedy authored an amendment to the infrastructure bill that would provide one-point-one billion dollars in disaster relief to Louisianians who suffered damage from Hurricanes Laura, Delta, and Zeta. But according to his office, the Senate has blocked that effort. An aide to Senator Bill Cassidy told the Advocate that disaster relief could not be included in the infrastructure bill due to congressional procedure.