Pfizer says initial tests show that the booster of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer important protection against the new omicron variant. LSU Health Shreveport infectious disease specialist Doctor John Vancheire says the preliminary data is only for those who received Pfizer vaccine doses and a Pfizer booster. And for those who might have mixed and matched their vaccine and booster…
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The Louisiana Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether charges should be thrown out against Baton Rouge area pastor Tony Spell for defying the governor’s public health order and allowing hundreds of people to attend his services at the start of the pandemic. Legal analyst Franz Borghadt speculated on what might happen if Spell’s case winds up before the nation’s highest court…
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Louisiana will receive $7.25 for infrastructure projects and US Secretary of Labor Martin Walsh says we haven’t seen investments like this in decades. Brooke Thorington has more.
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A New Orleans TV station is reporting an 18-year-old Covington High School student who attacked a 64-year-old wheelchair-bound teacher as part of a Tiktok challenge has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Larrianna Jackson faces a felony count of battery of a school teacher. Jackson remains in the St. Tammany Parish Jail.