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The vaccine rate among teens in Louisiana is 35-percent but when 5- to 11-year-old are eligible will their vaccine rate be comparable? Brooke Thorington has more.
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State Police is investigating a fatal police shooting that occurred in Houma yesterday afternoon. Jeff Palermo has the story
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The vaccine rate among 12 to 18-year-olds in the state is 35-percent and with the COVID vaccine expected to be approved for 5 to 11 years olds will parents get them vaccinated? Dr. Ben Springgate with LSU Health New Orleans says he thinks a third will have them vaccinated ASAP and others will speak with their pediatrician first.
There have been reports of myocarditis, an inflammatory condition of the heart, associated with the COVID vaccines and children. Springgate says naturally some parents are concerned about this and it’s something that should be monitored.
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Springgate says the COVID vaccine compares favorably to other vaccines that children have already had, and clinical trial data shows there are minimal side effects to the vaccine.
The CDC is meeting today and reviewing data on the Pfizer COVID vaccine that’s already received emergency use authorization for 5 to 11 years olds from the FDA.
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No mayor in the modern history of New Orleans has lost re-election and LaToya Cantrell’s bid for a second-term won’t apparently change that. Dr. Edward Chervenak, Director of the UNO Survey Research Center, says Cantrell’s approval rating is running high based on a telephone survey of 605 likely voters in Orleans Parish
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He says 30 percent disapproved of her job performance. Chervenak says Cantrell should easily win re-election on November 13th. Early voting is underway.
Chervenak says more than a dozen other candidates are challenging Cantrell in her re-election bid.
As for the biggest issue heading into the municipal elections in Orleans Parish, Dr. Chervenak said respondents to the survey placed crime at the top.
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry was in Bossier City to announce a new program in the fight against the opioid epidemic. Landry says they’ve partnered with the Meals on Wheels program in Bossier Parish to supply seniors with drug disposal pouches that can be used to throw away old prescriptions…
Landry says the opioid epidemic is resulting in increase crime and deaths. He says his office has also created a website called end epidemic-dot-com…
Today was Landry’s second public appearance in north Louisiana in as many days. There’s speculation Landry will run for governor in 2023 and during a speech at the West Monroe Convention Center on Monday, he said election reform should be a top priority and that includes new voting machines that provide voters with a paper receipt of their vote…
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Senator Bill Cassidy is among those on Capitol Hill reintroducing bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program for five years. He says the reform measure has several goals that include placing guardrails on a drastic increase to flood insurance premiums.
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Cassidy says FEMA’s Risk Rating 2.0 alters the premiums some would pay under the National Flood Insurance Program dramatically, something that Cassidy says is unacceptable.
Cassidy notes that in the infrastructure bill waiting to be passed, there is three-point-five-billion-dollars for flood mitigation that would go hand in hand with addressing flooding issues in Louisiana.