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The Johnson and Johnson one dose COVID-19 vaccine received emergency use authorization on Friday and doses of the newest vaccine should arrive in the state this week. Tulane School of Medicine Profess...

As pregnant women become eligible to be vaccinated for COVID in Louisiana Monday, many expectant mothers question if it is safe? West Jefferson Medical Center OB/GYN Dr. Jennifer Bigelow said always t...

Louisiana suffered the nation's largest spike in drug overdose deaths in the period between July 2019 and July 2020. That's according to data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...

Public Service Commission Chairman Craig Greene said once the winter weather has passed the PSC will investigate what went wrong and why power providers had such poor communication with customers. Gre...

On Monday COVID vaccine eligibility will increase by another 475,000 thousand. The historic winter storms delayed COVID vaccine shipments across the state. But Governor Edwards said with an increase i...

With oil refineries shutting down due to the recent winter weather across the south, gas prices have risen almost 3 cents overnight from 2.25 a gallon to 2.28 a gallon for regular gas. Triple-A Fuel A...

Teachers and school staff will be among those eligible to be vaccinated for COVID beginning Monday. Governor Edwards made the announcement Thursday allowing an additional 166,000 K-12 employees to be ...

Governor Edwards asked all residents to temporarily conserve power during peak consumption periods to help prevent further rolling blackouts. Those periods are from 7 to 10 PM tonight, 7 to 9 AM Frida...

There's still little to no water pressure in Shreveport nearly two days after the city lost water due to the winter storm. That's wreaking havoc on area hospitals. Willis-Knighton Chief Administrative...

The life expectancy rate in the U.S. has dropped by one year, that's the most it's dropped since World War II. According to the CDC the average life span in the US is now 77.8 years compared to 78.8 i...