There’s good news in the battle against COVID-19 as Pfizer says the vaccine they are studying is showing its 90-percent effective. Assistant Dean for Translational Research at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, Doctor Lucio Miele, says it’s among ten possible vaccine candidates in late testing around the world…
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Miele says residents in nursing homes would be among the first to get a vaccine once it’s approved by the F-D-A.

LSU Coach Ed Orgeron says he has several players in quarantine as a result of positive COVID-19 cases within the football program.
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Orgeron also announced that starting Q-B Myles Brennan might miss the remainder of the season with the injury he suffered in the third game of the season.

Governor Edwards has signed a bill to allow clergy members into short and long-term healthcare facilities to visit patients during public health emergencies. Minden Senator Robert Mills says healthcare facilities will also immunity from most civil lawsuits for injury or death for the exposure of clergy members to COVID or other infectious diseases. Mills says most clergy members do not have issue with immunity…
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The Climate Initiatives Task Force held its first meeting today, with the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Chairman Chip Kline oil and gas industry representatives are on the task force but acknowledged it will be a challenge to get everyone on board…
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