You may someday have an alternative way to getting protected against bacterial pneumonia. More from Dave Brannen.
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LSU President William Tate met with the Biden Administration Tuesday and briefed the President on the school’s multi-tiered approach of COVID mitigation. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Governor Edwards addresses the State Police scandal in which a man’s death during his arrest was covered up for two years. Kevin Gallagher reports.
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Researchers at Tulane University have developed an inhaled vaccine against bacterial pneumonia. Dr. Jay Kolls, a corresponding author of the study, says the medication may help curb a disturbing death toll.
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Bacterial pneumonia is blamed for nearly eight thousand cases and 520 deaths each year nationwide and the inhaled vaccines protected mice against several strains of the illness.
Kolls says bacterial pneumonia runs more rampant than you might think.
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Kolls says the inhaled vaccine, whether a liquid or powder, would offer a double-pronged attack against bacterial pneumonia.
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LSU President William Tate met with President Biden and the COVID Response team Tuesday afternoon and briefed them on the school’s multi-tiered approach of COVID mitigation and vaccination requirement. LSU was the only university that attended the meeting and Tate says the President was interested in how the school’s approach changed vaccination rates.
Tate says Biden was interested in how the school moved the needle when it came to vaccination rates and there’s a reason LSU was asked to attend the meeting.
Now that the Pfizer vaccine has FDA approval students are required to submit proof of vaccination or agree to regular COVID testing. Tate says 78 students have yet to file paperwork but he’s hopeful the remainder will comply.
LSU was one of the first schools in the country to require either proof of vaccination or a recent COVID test to attend football games on campus.
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Governor John Bel Edwards says he supports his new Commander of State Police, while federal authorities investigate the cover-up of the 2019 fatal arrest of motorist Ronald Greene. LSP Colonel Lamar Davis announced tough new policies last week, and the Governor says he approves.
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Greene was stopped by Troopers on May 10, 2019, for failing to stop after a traffic violation and leading them on a high-speed chase. His family was told he died in a crash at the end of the chase. Bodycam video released just weeks ago shows Greene being tasered, punched, and dragged by troopers. Governor Edwards says policy changes made by Col. Davis were appropriate.
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LSP Lt. John Clary was accused of deliberately covering up Greene’s death by withholding his body cam footage, but Davis says doing so could compromise ongoing criminal cases. Though still a trooper, Clary has been removed from his prestigious spot on the LA Tech football on-field security detail. Davis HAS fired several troopers for use of excessive force. The Governor says he supports the firings.
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According to AARP’s nursing home dashboard in the four-week period ending August 22n resident COVID cases increased by 463 and staff cases more than a thousand from the previous four-week period and deaths went from 3 to 49. AARP Louisiana Associate Director of Advocacy Andrew Muhl says the numbers mirror that of the state during the same time period.
Muhl says the vaccination rate among nursing home residents in Louisiana is 83-percent and for staff, it’s 48-percent as of August 22nd.
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The national average vaccination rate among nursing home residents is 84-percent and staff is 64-percent.
The dashboard reporting period ended several days before Hurricane Ida made landfall and after a large evacuation among seven nursing home residents in southeast Louisiana, Muhl says they fear the COVID numbers could worsen among nursing homes.
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AARP says they are hopeful more staff will be vaccinated once the national mandate goes into effect.
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The Ragin Cajuns host Ohio tonight in a nationally televised game on ESPN. U-L Lafayette is 1-and-1 and the offense has yet to find its mid-season groove. Offensive lineman Shane Vallot says they’ve been working on communication issues…
Over 25-thousand fans were at U-L Lafayette home opener last Saturday. Coach Billy Napier hopes they’ll have a big crowd tonight…
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The Saints are getting ready to play the Panthers in Charlotte on Sunday. Stopping Carolina’s most dynamic player on offense Christian McCaffery is priority number one. Defensive end Cam Jordan says they are working on a game plan to defend McCaffery…
The Saints are once again getting ready for this game in the Dallas area at T-C-U’s practice facility. Jordan says the team has it good compared to many hurricane victims…
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