The Louisiana Department of Health reported on Monday that out of 12,831 COVID-19 tests taken across the state, 2,619 came back positive. That's around 20 percent of the tests reported resulting in new cases.
The Omicron variant was named a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization on Friday - it is the most serious designation of a COVID-19 variant. Here is everything we know about the new variant so far.
Retired Washington, D.C. non-profit executive Kim Gandy was ready for a fun week in her former hometown, New Orleans. After grabbing a rental car at the airport, she and her daughter Max – a blogger specializing in artisanal chocolates – quickly dropped off their luggage at a CBD hotel. Like thousands of other Covid-weary […]
On March 14, 2021, Louisiana passed the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 death in the state. In honor of this milestone, The Data Center has released the first half of a new report exploring the lessons learned after one year of COVID.
While much of the media has remained focused on the $1400 stimulus checks included in President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the expanded child tax credit is a big win for progressives and families.
Although they have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 virus, Black and Brown communities are being vaccinated at far slower rates than White Americans.
On Thursday, 33 Louisiana Legislators called on Gov. John Bel Edwards to follow the example of states like Texas and Mississippi and lift COVID-19 restrictions.
Throughout the pandemic, anti-abortion activists and state legislatures have used COVID as a way to ban abortions across the country, including here in Louisiana. Many states who had been fighting to overturn Roe vs Wade were quick to close abortion clinics as nonessential during coronavirus shutdowns, even though abortion is considered healthcare.
On Monday, LCMC Health announced that they are ready to open New Orleans' first large community vaccination site.
VMI never cared about COVID. Im straight up with this, they never cared about COVID. – Kevin The Virginia Military Institute known as just Post to some and VMI to everyone else, has been in the news lately. It first came to Big Easy Magazines attention via former congressional candidate Rob Anderson. Anderson tweeted: “VMI […]
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