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The Louisiana Department of Health is recommending that all extracurricular student activities be temporarily suspended across the state.

Kids aged 5-11 will be eligible to participate in Louisiana's Shot for 100 program as soon as the CDC authorizes the jabs.

Reports are saying that Louisiana Department of Health officials have revoked seven nursing home licenses from the owner, who sent residents to a Hammond-area warehouse to evacuate Hurricane Ida. After reports came out of four residents dying at the facility, an investigation into the conditions at the warehouse began.

Fifty Louisiana hospitals have formally requested assistance from the state to battle the influx of rising COVID case counts.

A Louisiana mom whose son refused to get vaccinated for COVID-19 held a vaccination clinic at his memorial after he passed away from the virus.

As COVID cases surge in Louisiana there is one common thread that seems to connect them all.

The Governor would like to have a word with you today at 3:30 to discuss what our state's next steps will be in the coronavirus mitigation plan.

Positivity rates are much lower in Louisiana but there is concern about an increase in cases involving the UK variant of the disease.

The online and virtual event is set for April 12th registration is required and underway right now.

The presence of the variant and low vaccination rates have some Louisiana health officials concerned.

State Health officials say more women than men are getting vaccinated in Louisiana. The reason why has nothing to do with discrimination.

Thousands of sleeves could be rolling up next week as more and more doses of the current coronavirus vaccines have been allocated to Louisiana.

Can the shot make you sick? Can the shot prevent you from having children? Louisiana's State Health Officer sets the record straight.

Governor John Bel Edwards has announced the launch of a new app that let's Louisianian's know if they've exposed to COVID-19.

When the vaccine becomes available who gets it first? Here's what the State of Louisiana is currently proposing.

Virtual classes and remote learning will begin this morning while the school is cleaned and disinfected.

The Louisiana Department of Health and our media partners at KATC-TV3 are reporting that Acadiana leads the state in COVID-19 cases in schools.

The state appears to be heading in the right direction in efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19

Don't count on the concept of herd immunity putting the pandemic behind us anytime soon.

The cities of Lafayette and Lake Charles are sharing a dubious distinction based on per capita cases of coronavirus this morning.