Category Archives: News
AstraZeneca seeks EUA for their COVID preventative medication
Another offering in the fight against COVID is seeking Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA. Astra Zeneca's first-of-its-kind antibody treatment is used as a preventative from the virus. Assistant...
Oct 05, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Covid-19 Outbreak At Abbeville Wedding Confirmed By Louisiana Health Officials
The Louisiana Department of Health is confirming a COVID-19 outbreak connected to a recent wedding in Abbeville. The Department considers all attendees of this wedding to be exposed to COVID-19 and en...
Oct 05, 2021
LSU All-American CB Derek Stingley Jr signs NIL deal with Waitr
Louisiana-founded Waitr announced Tuesday that LSU All-American cornerback Derek Stingley will promote the food delivery app on his Instagram account. Waitr spokesperson Dean Turcol says the NCAA's re...
Oct 05, 2021
Democratic Political Newcomer To Challenge Sen. Kennedy's Reelection Bid
A Baton Rouge Democrat says he'll seek to deny Republican U.S. Senator John Kennedy a second term in office come next year. The challenger is 42-year-old Luke Mixon, a former Navy pilot who flies comm...
Oct 05, 2021
Facebook outage has some believing platform was hacked
Monday's Facebook outage, along with the other social media platforms owned by the company, has many asking what happened and was the company hacked. Host of Tech Gumbo Haggai Davis said the company w...
Oct 05, 2021 Book Catalog / CC
Our Lady of the Lake announces plans to build $100-million dollar cancer center in Baton Rouge
Our Lady Of the Lake hospital in Baton Rouge announces plans to build a $100-million cancer center in the Capital City. OLOL President Scott Wester says they expect to break ground early next year. "A...
Oct 05, 2021
Congressman Carter Optimistic Compromise Within Reach On Spending Bills
Louisiana Democratic Congressman Troy Carter is sounding an optimistic note that a compromise is within reach on infrastructure and social spending bills Capitol Hill has been wrangling with. He talks...
Oct 04, 2021 U.S Representative Troy Carter (D)
LSU professor receives grant to study freezing process to prolong life of a viable organ for transplant
When you are waiting on something as important as a liver or kidney for a transplant, time is of the essence when a match is located. Right now, you have to receive that organ within four hours for it...
Oct 04, 2021
GOHSEP launches program to help those in need of immediate shelter from Ida to get trailers ASAP
In an effort to get those still without shelter in some of the hardest-hit areas of Hurricane Ida, the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is working in conjunction with ...
Oct 04, 2021
Louisiana setting up its own sheltering program as they wait for FEMA's traditional housing program to launch
Houma Representative Tanner Magee says the state launched its own sheltering assistance program today as it could be until November before FEMA sets up trailers on the property of homes that are sever...
Oct 04, 2021 Houma Representative Tanner Magee
