Assistant Health Secretary Dr. Alex Billioux says the state is seeing increasing cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children associated with COVID-19. Kevin Barnhart has the story
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Crawfish aquaculture will now be included in the federal Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, a major boost to crawfishermen. Matt Doyle has more…
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The Big Ten and PAC 12 have dropped out of fall sports, but the SEC so far remains committed to playing. Matt Doyle has the story…
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Assistant Health Secretary Dr. Alex Billioux says the state continues to see an increasing number of cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, or M-I-S-C, associated with COVID-19 among young people. Billioux says the most common symptoms of this syndrome include GI issues, including nausea and diarrhea.
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On Monday, the state reported a fourth death linked to M-I-S-C. As of August 10, the number of confirmed MIS-C cases in Louisiana has risen to 44. To date, infants as young as 1 month and teens up to 19 years of age have received MIS-C diagnoses in Louisiana. Billioux says the length of time the ailment can impact a child varies depending on the severity of the case.
Billioux says about 40% of children with M-I-S-C have heart inflammation, adding that there are still studies being conducted to determine what is the cause.
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After months of lobbying the crawfish industry will be included in the federal Coronavirus Food Assistance Program aimed at helping food producers impacted by the pandemic.
Congressman Ralph Abraham made the announcement. He says crawfishermen were slammed by having the pandemic shut the country down during their peak spring season.
When the program was first announced in April crawfishermen incensed that they weren’t included like other seafood industries. Abraham says the LSU Ag Center and Louisiana Farm Bureau went to work fixing that…
Abraham says if you’re a crawfisherman the relief is just straight cash in your pockets if you qualify but you need to apply for the aid by the September 11th deadline.
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The PAC 12 and Big Ten have suspended fall sports but SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey says the conference is still planning on holding its season.
9 of the preseason top 25 teams have had their conferences cancel on them. USA Today sports writer Glenn Guilbeau says the SEC is strong enough to still have a season without those teams…
Only six FBS conferences remain. The MAC and Mountain West announced plans to suspend last week.
Guilbeau says the suspension of those Power Five seasons could result in a windfall for SEC teams because they’d be some of the only top-level college football on TV.
Guilbeau says in that case you could see SEC games being played on more than just Saturdays.
Sankey says the SEC plans on further refining its policies to promote a safe return to play while monitoring the situation. Guilbeau says don’t expect any SEC decision to be made imminently.
Sankey did tell Dan Patrick that if every other conference were to bow out he didn’t think it would be wise for the SEC to hold fall sports.
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Investigators with State Police are looking into an officer-involved shooting that put a burglary suspect in the hospital. Shortly after 5 on Tuesday morning, Lafayette Police responded to a complaint of a burglary. Trooper Thomas Gossen says when officers arrived, they made contact with the subject.
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Gossen says while officers were on the scene, they found two handguns close to where the scuffle took place and one of them appeared to be a weapon that was taken during the burglary. Injuries were minimal.
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Gossen says it is still too early to tell how things escalated to the point of gunfire adding that investigators still have lots of work to do.
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Saints running back Alvin Kamara is heading into his final season of his rookie contract but he’s not worried about a new deal. Kamara says having a healthy season is a bigger priority…
Kamara missed two games last season and said he was never the same after injuring the MCL in his knee during week six of last season…
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Kamara said he didn’t have surgery on his knee, instead decided to rehab it and also changed his diet…
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After last night’s game, the Pelicans have just one more game to go, before their season officially ends. Brandon Ingram did not play last night as he’s set to become a restricted free agent this fall, but the All-Star says he wants to stay in New Orleans
It’s been a disappointing experience for the Pelicans inside the NBA bubble. They entered with playoff aspirations, but will fall well short of reaching the postseason. But Ingram says the experience in Orlando will only make them better