Louisiana is now fifth in the nation in per capita COVID-19 cases and over one-thousand people are in the hospital battling the virus…
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Houma Representative Tanner Magee asks BESE to reject a request by Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields to cancel K-12 athletics through December. Magee says canceling sports would impact public health…
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Two-thirds of Americans admit to packing on the pounds since the pandemic began according to a recent OnePoll survey. LSU Health New Orleans Professor of Public Health Melinda Sothern says that’s largely due to the disruption of their normal routine, but we’ve got to begin breaking that cycle because COVID tends to be worse in people who are overweight.
20 percent of Louisiana COVID fatalities were obese, 37 percent had diabetes, and 62 percent had hypertension.
Hard seltzers have made an impact on the alcohol industry and some local craft brewers have hopped on board the trend. Founder of Acadiana-based Bayou Teche Brewing Karlos Knott …
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The boozy sparkling water saw a sales growth of 73% between spring and fall last year.