A former LSU football player has filed a federal lawsuit against the university claiming his due process rights were violated when the school decided to suspend him for a year for allegedly having non-consensual sex with a female student. Attorney Susan Stone says the unidentified player cannot attend school, he’s lost his scholarship and she says this could have a long-lasting impact on the player’s life…
Cut 14 (11) “…would be recruiters.”
LSU says it can not comment on pending litigation.

Louisiana health officials say about a third of the nursing homes in the state are not regularly testing their staff and residents. State health officer Doctor Jimmy Guidry says facilities who fail to follow the state’s testing guidelines could be hit with sanctions…
Cut 3 (08) ”…withholding payment”  
Guidry says they are asking nursing homes to conduct weekly tests on all of their residents and staff if there are known COVID cases in the facility.

State officials call the recent rise in COVID-19 case numbers “alarming” as we near next week’s announcement on potentially moving into Phase Three.  Neighboring states are starting to see record COVID cases, and Governor Edwards says these numbers should be a gut check for Louisianans to reevaluate if they have been slacking on their social distancing and mask-wearing. He says the threat has not passed.
Cut 8 (09) “…first wave.”

Medical experts in the United Kingdom indicate that a steroid treatment has provided a glimmer of hope in treatment of COVID-19. Dexamethasone appears to cut the risk of death for ventilator patients by a third.   Tulane Medical Center pulmonary care Dr. Joshua Denson has administered the therapy with a handful of patients.  While he has his reservations and believes it should not become standard of care yet, he feels overall hospitals are getting better at figuring out how to manage patients and says that could be because they aren’t seeing the onslaught of patients coming through the door they once did.
Cut 12 (10) “…making some progress.”