Coronavirus

Months after emerging from a fourth surge of the coronavirus outbreak, Louisiana again is starting to see growing numbers of COVID-19 cases

Customers who have appointments booked during the closure must reschedule.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards held his annual “end of the year” news conference on Thursday, Dec. 16. He talked about the challenges faced in 2021.

The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported the first case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in the state on Monday, December 6.

A proposal by the Louisiana Department of Health to require the COVID-19 vaccine for most school children drew lots of attention to a Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee meeting on Monday, Dec. 6.

The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Louisiana has dropped to its lowest level since the state started reporting the statistic.

"So many things that just don’t make sense, not to mention the breach of individual liberty"

Louisiana’s statewide mask mandate will expire, except for K-12 schools, on Wednesday, Oct. 27.

The CDC said opioids accounted for the highest number of overdose deaths.

All 14 cases involved mothers who were unvaccinated, and resulted in 6 maternal deaths and 10 fetal deaths.

Officials with the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) say a sixth child has died from COVID-19 in the state’s fourth surge of the virus.

The Walmart Supercenter in Monroe is shutting its doors to customers temporarily to focus on COVID-19 mitigation.

The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services will continue issuing Summer P-EBT benefits as schools submit their student’s eligibility information.

A grieving mother is sharing her pain as a warning to other families after she lost her 16-year-old son to COVID-19.

BESE officials stated that there are no plans to reschedule the meeting.

State health experts said young individuals, as young as infants, are getting and spreading the virus.

Gov. John Bel Edwards held a news conference on Friday, August 20, about Louisiana’s continued fourth surge of COVID-19.

LSU has advised several of its Greek chapters that their members must be tested for COVID-19 after university officials detected the virus in samples of wastewater from Greek houses on campus, a university spokesperson tells WAFB.

Police say a fatal crash happened on LA Hwy 139, just north of US Hwy 80.

A week ago 20% of new cases were in children. The week before that it was 18.7%.

Arkansas on Tuesday reported 41 more COVID-19 deaths as the number of people hospitalized from the virus dropped.

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Louisiana ranks last in the country when it comes to the percentage of nursing home staff fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Local doctors are working to dispel a few myths about certain medicines, some folks think can help them treat COVID-19.

What was supposed to be a public forum for updates from LDH and university presidents on the latest COVID numbers, quickly turned into high emotions and discourse.

The University of Louisiana Monroe will be requiring students to be vaccinated once the COVID-19 vaccine is approved by the FDA.

In response to the critical staffing shortages in acute care hospitals in the fourth surge of COVID-19, LDOE has opened the Child Care Assistance Program to support essential hospital personnel.

About 15% of COVID patients hospitalized in Region 8 are on ventilators. 102 ICU beds in Region 8 are in use. 20 remain available.

Four TPSO deputies have now lost their lives to the virus.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards held a news conference on Friday, August 13, to discuss the state’s continued rise of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.