Governor John Bel Edwards is off to Europe today to swap flood control challenges with the Netherlands. Marsanne Golsby has more:
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The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles says residents should be thinking about getting their REAL ID card. OMV spokesperson Matthew Boudreaux says beginning May 3rd, citizens 18 years and older will need a REAL ID driver’s license or passport to fly domestically or enter a federal building
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Go to express-lane-dot org to book an appointment at your local OMV office.

During the regular session, lawmakers approved four cancer care bills that advocates say provide cutting edge cancer testing and treatments that will be covered by your insurance. Cancer survivor and former state representative Julie Stokes says cancer testing will be enhanced a biomarker testing legislation and another new law expands access to precision medicine…
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The federal government has declared a public health emergency over monkeypox. The number of known infections in Louisiana is 69 with most of those in the New Orleans area. LSU Health New Orleans Infectious Disease Professor Doctor Hangensee says treatment includes the medicine T-pox, which can be given by pill or through an I-V for severe cases…
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The monkeypox virus spreads through prolonged skin-to-skin contact.