The Louisiana Department of Health is reminding the public to catch up on the routine vaccinations that may have gone by the wayside due to the shelter in place order and closure of many medical offices. For those that may be uneasy about entering a doctor’s office, state immunization director Dr. Frank Welch says most facilities have changed up the experience with spread mitigation efforts.
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The 2020 dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is projected to be four times larger this year than what a task force established in 2001. Fertilizer from Midwest agriculture washes down the Mississippi River, exiting at the mouth forming an area of low oxygen and high nitrogen. LSU Marine Science Professor Nancy Rabalais says the nitrogen loads have remained steady since 1980…
The LSU football team begins summer workouts tomorrow. Jeff Palermo has more on the national champs’ COVID-19 mitigation efforts…
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ULM is investigating racially insensitive social media posts that were allegedly made by two of their faculty members. According to the Monroe News Star assistant nursing professor, Mary Holmes referred to former President Barack Obama as a monkey and biology instructor Dennis Bell used a racial slur on his Facebook page. ULM says it condemns the stunningly bigoted and racist language in social media posts by select faculty members.