A CDC real-world study shows those who are fully vaccinated are highly unlikely to get sick if exposed to COVID-19 or spread it asymptomatically. Matt Doyle has the story.
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The 2021 hurricane forecast from AccuWeather predicts another above season for tropical activity in the Atlantic. Taylor Sharp has more.
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A CDC real-world study of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines shows they reduce the risk of both symptomatic and asymptomatic infection by 90 percent once you complete your series.
The key finding confirms that people who’ve been fully vaccinated are highly unlikely to get sick or even spread COVID-19. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter…
Those who only received one dose of either vaccine reduce the risk of any infection by 80 percent.
Kanter calls the study comprehensive.
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“Fully vaccinated” is considered to be two weeks after your second shot.
Kanter says it’s one thing to have strong clinical trial results, but…
Today the CDC released guidelines saying anyone fully vaccinated can travel at low risk.
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AccuWeather releases predictions for the 2021 hurricane season and we’re in store for another above-average season in the Atlantic. They are calling for 16 to 20 named storms and expect 7 to 10 to become hurricanes. Three to five of those to be major hurricanes. State Climatologist Barry Keim…
Keim says the already above-average water temps in the Atlantic are a factor in the higher number of storms predicted for 2021.
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Another item pointed out in the AccuWeather report, Keim says is that this season is shaping up like three other previous seasons… 1996, 2001, and 2012. Referred to as analog years.
Colorado State and NOAA have yet to release their predictions for 2021 but Keim says he expects their reports to predict an above-average season as well.
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Oil City Representative Danny McCormick introduces legislation that will make employers civilly liable if they force an employee to take a vaccine and that employee suffers health impacts.
McCormick’s bill also holds companies liable if they force you to be vaccinated to use their services, for example, to fly on a plane or buy groceries, and you get sick…
McCormick says he authored the bill after constituents contacted him over concerns of forced vaccinations for COVID-19.
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The LSU Vet School receives an 11 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a new cancer research facility.
LSU Professor Rhonda Cardin wrote the grant application and says COBRE, or the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, is a major step forward for the university.
COBRE will support cancer research projects at both LSU and Southern University.
Cardin says establishing COBRE will help develop junior staff researchers and create a stronger base of homegrown research talent in the state that ranks 5th in the nation for cancer mortality.
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Cardin says the center will produce 3D cancer cells that will mirror the kinds you find inside cancer victims.