The state health department says I-C-U doctors should receive credit for helping to lower the number of COVID-19 patients who need ventilators. On April 4th, the state reported 571 of their COVID-19 patients were on ventilators, now that number is 349. Assistant state health officer Doctor Joseph Kanter
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Kanter says the mortality rate for someone placed on a ventilator in Louisiana is between 40 and 60-percent, while New York and Seattle are over 80-percent.

There are no high school graduation ceremonies planned, but that still hasn’t stopped graduating seniors from picking up their caps and gowns. Jostens sales rep Jim Rabb says students are picking up their caps and gowns or class rings at drive-thru locations…
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Ten years ago today, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana exploded, killing eleven workers and spewing nearly five million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Matt Doyle reports several species impacted still haven’t recovered…
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