Attention parents or grandparents of toddlers: the federal Food & Drug Administration authorizes the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines for kids under 5. Children’s Hospital-New Orleans Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mark Klein says many adults will be eager to get their kids the shots, but just as many will be nervous or reluctant. He says it’s up to healthcare pros to keep parents properly informed…:
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Klein says side effects so far are mild fever and soreness at the injection sight. He says the risks to children are outweighed by the benefits.
Two Livingston Parish girls are dead after the car they were in went off the roadway and into a pond near Bayou Manchac Sunday. They’re identified as Chloe Hamilton and Caroline Smith. Both just 16 and both from Prairieville. The crash is under investigation.
Lawmakers failed to pass a congressional map with two Black majority districts despite a June 20th court-ordered deadline. Brooke Thorington has more…:
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Deputies in St. Tammany Parish arrest a Mandeville man, after his dog died from being left chained up outside, in extreme heat, with no food, water or shelter. The dog’s owner, Chris Jackson is charged with aggravated animal cruelty, which is a felony.