8:30 LRN Newscast April 20

The number of COVID-19 patients on ventilators has declined from a high of 571 on April 4th down to 349. Assistant State Health officer Doctor Joseph Kanter says I-C-U doctors have learned how to better treat the disease
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A Louisiana Tech freshman is 3-D printing ear guards for medical personnel that’s helping to relieve pressure on the ears from the elastic bands on face masks. Mechanical engineering major Avereigh Barras….
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Barras says she made one thousand ear guards in the first eight days and she sent them free of charge to 28 facilities in seven states.

Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that spewed nearly five million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. National Wildlife Federation Gulf of Mexico Restoration Director David Muth says sea turtles and coastal bottlenose dolphins are a couple of species that have never been the same since…
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Muth says the spill also killed off 17-percent of the Gulf’s Byrde Whales.

Some schools are organizing drive-through pickup for caps, gowns, and class rings for juniors and seniors who are missing out on some of the seminal events of their high school years. Jostens sales rep Jim Rabb…
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