Former south Louisiana Congressman and international pharma lobby head Billy Tauzin believes there will be an effective, non-vaccine treatment for COVID-19 by September at the earliest. Tauzin says over 100 different treatments are being tested that could do everything from reducing the severity of COVID-19 to giving recipients temporary immunity.
A Memorial Day gathering of 200 in Lake Charles ends with nine teens injured after gunfire erupted during the celebration. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Stitch Guillory says it’s shocking that so many teens were out celebrating so early Monday morning and he’s surprised that more were not injured.
The incident took place at a business on Highway 90, and was unsupervised by adults.
Concerns over COVID-19 lead to the cancellation of the famed Manning Passing Academy set to take place next month in Thibodaux. The Manning Passing Academy attracts over 12-hundred campers and over 200 coaches, trainers, and support staff. College and pro football analyst Mike Detillier says the Louisiana Line Camp held at Nicholls State has also been canceled for this year
New reported COVID cases and deaths continue to slow to a fraction of the pace they were just a month ago. Only 11 new COVID fatalities are being reported today, along with 245 new positive cases.