Full FDA authorization was given to Pfizer’s vaccine for those 16 and older, and those still 12 and up and get the shot under the EUA but it looks like kids under 12 won’t be eligible for several months. Physician in Chief at Children’s Hospital New Orleans Dr. Mark Kline says clinical trials in children are ongoing.
Two Caddo Parish high schoolers were arrested for threatening school shootings yesterday, both of them caught before anything could happen due to their social media posts. One student posted a direct threat on Snapchat while another took a picture of him brining a loaded gun to campus on Instragram. Caddo Parish Sheriffs Spokesperson Cindy Chadwick says one of those social media companies was the one to tip-off authorities.
President of the Louisiana Restaurant Association says a majority of those eligible to receive assistance from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund did not. Brooke Thorington has more
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The state continues to register a very slow decline in COVID-related hospitalizations today. We’re down 12 from Tuesday and six percent week to week, but still far above any point set before the 4th wave began in July. 110 new COVID deaths were also reported today, making that two days in a row over 100.