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• La. COVID hospitalizations drop below 3,000 Friday; nearly 6,000 new cases reported

  August 20, 2021 1:44 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana reported a small decrease in hospitalizations Friday, bringing the statewide total back below 3,000 after health workers saw a weeks-long surge in new patients. Despite seeing incremental drops on Thursday and Friday, the number of patients hospitalized across the state —2,999— is still much higher... more »

• La. vaccination surge continues; more than 110K shots administered in past week

  August 5, 2021 1:05 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana continued to see a surge in its COVID vaccination rate this week, with more than 100,000 shots administered in the past week according to data released by the state Thursday. The Louisiana Department of Health said another 54,200 shots were administered since Monday, when the... more »

• La. reports more than 7,500 COVID cases over the weekend, increase in vaccines

  July 26, 2021 1:34 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana reported a significant jump in vaccines administered as coronavirus cases continued to surge over the weekend. The state reported 7,592 new cases Monday, with a positivity rate of about 13.71 percent. Hospitalizations also jumped to 1,221, up from 1,008 on Friday. Hospitals across the... more »

• Louisiana hospitals grappling with nurse shortage Play Video

  June 30, 2021 6:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a new spotlight on the need for more nurses. Demand has grown in nearly every state, and it's no different in Baton Rouge. Monica Nijoka is the Chief Nursing Officer at Baton Rouge General. She says nursing isn't just a job,... more »

• Texas hospital suspends 178 employees for not complying with vaccine mandate

  June 11, 2021 12:44 PM

  HOUSTON - A Texas hospital suspended more than 100 staffers who refused to get the COVID vaccine despite a mandate requiring that employees get the shot by this week. Houston Methodist hospital, which oversees eight different locations had set a deadline this Monday for staff to get vaccinated or... more »

• COVID vaccines boost morale at Baton Rouge nursing home Play Video

  January 18, 2021 4:11 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A handful of Walgreen's pharmacists spent Martin Luther King Day administering COVID-19 vaccines to eager nursing home residents at Capital Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. “It’s been greatly anticipated,” said Todd Ford, the Licensed Administrator at the facility. Ford says the bulk of the residents,... more »

• Pregnant nurse with COVID-19 recovers, goes back to work Play Video

  May 7, 2020 6:50 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Nurses have been describing these last few weeks and foreseeable future as 'different.' A situation that has involved fear of running out of PPE and changing everyday care. Terra Eubanks, an emergency department nurse at Baton Rouge General Hospital also says things are different. She sees... more »