President Trump has approved a major disaster declaration for Louisiana as the state reports nearly 14-hundred coronavirus cases and 46 deaths. Governor Edwards is urging Louisiana residents that we need to flatten the curve in order to prevent medical facilities from being overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. His statewide “stay at home” order began Monday night and he’s encouraged by how serious the public has taken his call…
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To comply with the order many are eating at home and only leaving the house for a trip to the grocery store. LSU AgCenter dietitian Sandra May says choose healthful foods so your immune system is as its strongest…
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Fair housing advocates are concerned we could see a tsunami of evictions when the courts open up as tenants are struggling to pay rent with no money coming in. Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center spokesperson Maxwell Ciardullo hopes landlords will work with tenants…
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Ciardullo is hoping the stimulus bill that Congress is set to pass will provide emergency rental assistance.

Financial pressures can result in an uptick in anxiety or depression. Clinical psychologist Doctor Michelle Moore with LSU Health New Orleans offers some suggestions on how to cope with the current crisis…
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