The Louisiana Department of Health is doubling down on efforts to increase surveillance for new and more contagious variants of the coronavirus, including keeping watch for some found in other countries that could threaten the effectiveness of cur…
After a swift backlash, newly appointed East Baton Rouge Parish schools Superintendent Sito Narcisse pulled back Thursday from an immediate shakeup of the district office, asking the School Board to approve just four new job descriptions instead of 24.
The Louisiana Department of Health reported 2,679 more confirmed coronavirus cases and 47 more confirmed deaths in its noon update Thursday.
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The Louisiana Department of Health reported 1,434 more confirmed coronavirus cases and 48 more confirmed deaths in its noon update Wednesday.
A Jan. 15 piece in the New York Times by Aproova Mandavilli and Roni Caryn Rabin carried a stark warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vaccinations against COVID-19 are picking up in Louisiana and nationally, while cases and…
The Louisiana Department of Health told health providers Tuesday to stop limiting vaccinations to their own patients, warning they could lose out on future allocations of the vaccine or face penalties if they don’t make the shots available to anyo…
Dufrocq elementary school in Baton Rouge is joining a handful of other local schools that have shifted online temporarily due to a mix new cases and external exposure to the novel coronavirus.
The Louisiana Department of Health reported 1,806 more confirmed coronavirus cases and 49 more confirmed deaths in its noon update Tuesday.
When Ricky Salvaggio signed up for the Moderna vaccine trial in July, he didn’t think it was a big deal. A retired pharmacist, the 66-year-old knew he was at risk for severe disease in his age group and thought his participation might help scienti…
The Louisiana Department of Health reported 953 more confirmed coronavirus cases and 42 more confirmed deaths in its noon update Monday.
Coronavirus vaccines will be available at 298 sites in all 64 parishes this week, state health officials said Monday.
A native of Long Island, N.Y, and the son of Haitian immigrants with no evident ties to Louisiana or work experience here has vaulted into the leadership of the state’s second largest school district.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Federal officials have changed their guidance to states for distributing and administering the coronavirus vaccine, but that doesn't mean Louisiana is rushing more of its residents to the front of the line for shot eligibility.
The state Health Department’s effort to shut down a barbecue restaurant that has ignored a state requirement for customers and employees to wear masks to slow the spread of coronavirus will move forward in Livingston Parish following months of delays.
Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday extended his Phase 2 coronavirus restrictions for another 28 days, while urging businesses to have employees work remotely where possible as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remain high.
Gov. John Bel Edwards addressed Louisiana's response to coronavirus this afternoon.
During the weekend, East Baton Rouge Parish broke 25,000 cases of the novel coronavirus and the 12-parish region surpassed 60,000 cases since the pandemic started in Louisiana in March.
Efforts to increase hospital capacity at Lane Regional Medical Center in Zachary are moving ahead as hospital leaders and federal officials prepare to unveil their plans to build a four-story medical tower.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Council on Aging on Tuesday will offer a three-day pop-up coronavirus vaccine clinic for seniors aged 70 and older.
Louisiana added more than 100 pharmacies and other providers administering vaccines to elderly patients across the state on Monday, as officials race to catch up with skyrocketing demand from patients over 70 years and hospitals systems ramp up th…
The three finalists for East Baton Rouge Parish school superintendent all spent time as “turnaround” principals charged with improving the operation and academic performance of low-performing schools.
Even though an increasing number of Louisiana's most vulnerable residents in long-term care centers are receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, it could still be several weeks before the grim realities of the coronavirus pandemic abate, and with infection…
Officials with a Baton Rouge rental assistance program say they don't have enough money to help the more than 3,000 people who have applied, as many struggle to make ends meet during the coronavirus pandemic.
Adam Smith, interim superintendent of the East Baton Rouge Parish school system, fainted as he was speaking live at a town hall Friday afternoon, part of finalist interviews for the top job in the state's second-largest traditional school district.
Starting Monday, LSU Lab School will shift to virtual-only instruction for the next two weeks in its upper grades thanks to daily increases in the number of students testing positive for coronavirus and an increase in quarantines in general.
Thousands more doses of COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed to pharmacies across the state next week, with Gov. John Bel Edwards promising the speed of shots will improve and that each parish will have a provider offering immunizations to the elderly.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has called a press conference to address the ongoing response to the coronavirus in Louisiana.
Our Lady of the Lake hospital began distributing doses of coronavirus vaccines at its north Baton Rouge campus Wednesday to regular elderly patients and has plans to expand those efforts to other sites in the coming days.
With vaccinations lagging three weeks into the state’s effort, Louisiana’s health agency this week directed hospitals to start inoculating the elderly and an expanded group of health care workers as pharmacies around the state start doling out sma…
Rougly 100 pharmacies across Louisiana, including 23 in the Baton Rouge area, began administering doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to elderly and particularly vulnerable members of the public on Tuesday.
DONALDSONVILLE — Free testing for the novel coronavirus will start 9 a.m. Wednesday in Donaldsonville and go on three more days through Jan. 21 as cases continue to rise in the west bank city of Ascension Parish.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced last week that 107 pharmacies would begin distributing doses of the vaccine to the elderly, including 23 in the Baton Rouge area.
Twenty-three pharmacies in Baton Rouge and the surrounding area will receive limited supplies of the vaccine this week.
The search for a new East Baton Rouge Parish schools superintendent reaches a crucial stage this week as the School Board interviews three finalists over three successive nights.
As 10,500 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine trickled to pharmacies in Louisiana for the first time Monday, pharmacists reported being overwhelmed with inquiries from the elderly and others newly eligible for the immunization and the response bri…
Cases of the new coronavirus in the Baton Rouge metro saw the highest rise in monthly infections in December, more than any previous month since the viral outbreak gained a foothold in Louisiana last spring.
A day after Louisiana saw a record-high increase in confirmed coronavirus cases, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that vaccines will be available to residents 70 years old and older at select pharmacies by appointment beginning next week.
Gov. John Bel Edwards addressed Louisiana's response to coronavirus this afternoon.
“We now believe that our manufacturing is predictable enough."
During the weekend, East Baton Rouge Parish broke 25,000 cases of the novel coronavirus and the 12-parish region surpassed 60,000 cases since the pandemic started in Louisiana in March.
Efforts to increase hospital capacity at Lane Regional Medical Center in Zachary are moving ahead as hospital leaders and federal officials prepare to unveil their plans to build a four-story medical tower.
The Louisiana Department of Health reported 1,333 more confirmed coronavirus cases and 42 more confirmed deaths in its noon update Monday.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Council on Aging on Tuesday will offer a three-day pop-up coronavirus vaccine clinic for seniors aged 70 and older.
Louisiana added more than 100 pharmacies and other providers administering vaccines to elderly patients across the state on Monday, as officials race to catch up with skyrocketing demand from patients over 70 years and hospitals systems ramp up th…
The three finalists for East Baton Rouge Parish school superintendent all spent time as “turnaround” principals charged with improving the operation and academic performance of low-performing schools.
Even though an increasing number of Louisiana's most vulnerable residents in long-term care centers are receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, it could still be several weeks before the grim realities of the coronavirus pandemic abate, and with infection…
The Louisiana Department of Health reported 4,515 more confirmed coronavirus cases and 40 more confirmed deaths in its noon update Sunday.
Despite demand, thousands of doses still sit in ultracold storage warehouses, hospital refrigerators
After receiving a shot of the coronavirus vaccine, a dose of growing immunity isn’t the only thing recipients leave with. They also get a small white card with their name, date of birth, the type of vaccine received and the date to return for the …