NEW YORK — The nation's top public health agency relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines Thursday, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person.
The president completed his course of treatment with the drug Paxlovid.
Louisiana is in the thick of its longest COVID surge and there isn't a plateau in sight. But this time around, with most of the population having some protection from vaccines or prior infection, the message from public-health officials is that pe…
Coronavirus cases continue to climb in Acadiana with no peak in sight for the region's sixth surge of the pandemic.
The president has begun taking Paxlovid, an antiviral drug.
The recent rise in new coronavirus cases is being felt in Louisiana's nursing homes, which have reported a sharp increase in COVID-related deaths in the last three weeks, according to data from the Louisiana Department of Health.
Community groups and churches are partnering with the Louisiana Department of Health to offer free COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinics for the community on Thursday and Sunday.
The slow and gradually building sixth wave of the coronavirus in Louisiana appeared to make a sharp upward turn on Monday, as case counts soared and hospitalizations rose sharply.
The Fourth of July annually brings fireworks shows, family barbecues and thousands of Essence Festival tourists to New Orleans. But this year, health professionals are urging caution, as the state's sixth wave of COVID cases build steam.
Vaccinations are expected to begin next week for children under 5.
COVID-19 shots for U.S. infants, toddlers and preschoolers moved a step closer Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights, easing one of the last remaining government mandates meant to contain th…
Louisiana is in another unusual summer surge of RSV, the virus that typically causes winter colds in children.
Like other parts of the state, Acadiana has seen a slow but steady increase in coronavirus cases over the past two months.
American adults who haven't yet gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 may soon get another choice, as advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday backed a more traditional type of shot.
VILLE PLATTE — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, was greeted by two dozen cheerleaders and a drum section Monday morning at the doors to Ville Platte High School. The party was just starting.
The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in Acadiana has dropped below 10 for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
South Louisiana Community College is turning up the noise on Louisiana Community College Week. More than 40 events will mark the celebration this week across the eight-parish, two-year institution’s Acadiana footprint.
Second Harvest Food Bank’s leadership has a vision that involves 5,000 rubber ducks in a Moncus Park pond. Picture that.
Cutting the boudin was an afterthought, a “Chamber of Commerce” moment that lent levity to the opening of Festivals Acadien et Creoles in Lafayette’s Girard Park. Now it’s a tradition, and a cherished one, Pat Mould, festivals vice president of pr…
Danny Jones will likely dole out checks to the Chitimacha Louisiana Open’s many charities just a few weeks after the final putt drops Sunday at the 72-hole Korn Ferry Tour golf tournament at Le Triomphe in Broussard.
The number of reported COVID-19 cases on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus has plummeted over the past two months and the administration has adjusted its protocols to reflect that.
NEW IBERIA — Greg and Ellen Mullen, co-coordinators of this year's Books Along the Teche Literary Festival, say they’re ready to shake off pandemic shutdowns and more fully celebrate this annual hometown event, now in its sixth year.
'A need greater than anticipated': Food insecurity leads to brisk business at new SLCC food pantries
When South Louisiana Community College leaders opened locations of “The Pantry” — a food bank — on its campuses in Lafayette, Abbeville and Opelousas, they expected business would be brisk.
Festivals Acadiens et Créoles organizers are hustling to fill volunteer slots, especially in ticket sales, and are seeking more “Festival Friends” to donate to the cause.
Despite a monthlong, steady decline in the number of COVID-19 cases on the University of Louisiana campus, the number of positive tests there has passed the 2,000 mark since the administration began keeping track in January 2020.
Step through Denise Gallagher’s front door of her Lafayette home and you’ll see evidence of the life that she and her husband, Donny, have built around things they cherish most.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s positivity rates for COVID-19 dropped sharply in the week ending Jan. 30, encouraging campus leaders to transition back to normal course delivery methods and operations starting Monday.
Leigh Rachal, who is leaving her job at the helm of the Acadiana Regional Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Lafayette in February after five years, never saw trouble like COVID-19.
More than 40 years have passed since Festivals Acadiens et Créoles have offered spring and fall events in Lafayette, but that will change this year.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will extend to Feb. 4 its option for faculty members to deliver most courses remotely. Spring semester guidelines had given faculty that option even for most in-person courses to meet remotely because of th…
Coronavirus hospitalizations in the Acadiana region have dropped in recent days, which means local hospitals are expected to see fewer COVID-19 patients at the peak of the omicron wave than they did at the peak of the delta surge last summer.
Charlene, known as the “Little Cajun Saint,” is among three area people the Diocese of Lafayette has been advancing the cause for sainthood.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette recorded explosive growth in positive cases of COVID-19, as students, faculty and staff returned to campus last week. Classes began Jan. 12.
Lafayette's largest hospital has requested help from the federal government ahead of what's expected to be the largest surge in coronavirus patients since the start of the pandemic. The region's second-largest hospital has postponed inpatient surg…
Tess Brunet is taking a much-needed break to focus on her mental wellbeing after a trying holiday season at her downtown record shop during the fifth wave of the pandemic.
Last week, Omicron, the new extremely contagious variant of COVID-19, seemed to be spreading everywhere in Louisiana but one place. However, in Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention facilities in the state the number of positive cases was …
Coronavirus hospitalizations in Acadiana are now expected to peak in a few weeks at a level greater than during the delta wave, when the number of critically ill patients pushed hospitals to the verge of crisis.
Omicron cases in Louisiana ICE detention centers are under control, the agency’s data showed. But migrant advocacy groups operating statewide claimed the low numbers presented by the agency are not credible in facilities where social distancing is…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A federal judge's decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some airplanes but also concern about whether it's really time to end one of the most visible vestiges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette this week will seek permission to name a campus plaza near Griffin Hall in honor of Carolyn Dural, former assistant dean of liberal arts, a tireless champion of students who trained hundreds of faculty memb…
Despite rigid safety measures imposed during the two-year-long pandemic, the Rev. John Cannon, pastor at Asbury Methodist Church in Lafayette, never forgot the people he serves. Their images stayed fresh in his mind – sometimes with a little help.
New infections of three common sexually transmitted diseases increased across the United States during the pandemic, and Louisiana remained among the states with the highest rates of spread, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease C…
The level of coronavirus found in two New Orleans wastewater sites rose nearly 700% over the last two weeks, according to data reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While virus levels in Louisiana remain low, the recent data …
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will extend for two weeks the nationwide mask requirement for public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases, according to a person familiar with the matter.
NEW YORK — 2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad.
VILLE PLATTE — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, was greeted by two dozen cheerleaders and a drum section Monday morning at the doors to Ville Platte High School. The party was just starting.
A federal appeals court has upheld President Joe Biden's requirement that all federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. In a 2-1 ruling Thursday, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans reversed a lower court and ordered…
The unemployment rate shrunk to the lowest level since the pandemic started two years ago.
Federal health officials authorized another booster shot for people over 50 or with certain health conditions this week, allowing for an additional shot of the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine if at least four months have passed since their last dose.
The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in Acadiana has dropped below 10 for the first time since the start of the pandemic.