State health officials are encouraged to see the number of COVID-19 patients who require ventilation has gone down, four days in a row. Assistant Secretary of the Office of Public Health Alex Billioux credits I-C-U doctors who are learning better methods in treating the virus.
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A Bipap pushes air into a person’s lungs and works much like a C-Pap machine.

Allstate has announced that its customers will receive a 15-percent rebate on their auto premiums for April and May. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon hopes other auto insurance providers do the same and his office has put in new rules because of the economic slowdown…
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The LSU AgCenter and the Louisiana Farm Bureau are surveying crawfish producers to determine the economic damage caused by the coronavirus outbreak. LSU AgCenter economist Kurt Guidry says the information collected will be turned over to the U-S-D-A in an effort get assistance for the industry…
cut 9 (12) “…economic impact”
Crawfish producers have been hurt by a glut of crawfish because restaurants can only offer carryout or delivery service.

A glut in oil and low crude prices could result in massive job losses, unless the price for a barrel of oil gets back up to 40-dollars by June 1st. That’s according to Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Gifford Briggs…
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Briggs says they are seeking assistance from federal and state governments, like a suspension of state severance tax collections for one year.