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Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 12:19 PM CST
|By KALB Digital Team
COVID-19 updates in Central Louisiana
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Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 12:11 PM CST
|By Region 8 Newsdesk
The Arkansas Department of Health is monitoring the spread of COVID-19 weekly.
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Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 1:24 PM CST
|By Fred Gamble
The Texas Department of Emergency Management teamed up with Texas A&M University Texarkana to host a vaccine clinic on Wednesday, Nov. 16.
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Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 10:47 PM CDT
|By KSLA Staff
Center for Medical Education and Emerging Viral Threats is scheduled to open in summer 2023
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 12:48 PM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
This is your one-stop-shop guide to everything you need to know about the impact of COVID-19.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 4:15 PM CDT
|By Tayler Davis
Vaccination clinic set Friday at Louisiana State Fair Grounds
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 7:06 AM CDT
|By Brittney Hazelton
A pop-up vaccination event will be providing free COVID vaccines and boosters.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2022 at 10:18 AM CDT
|By Brittney Hazelton
The Center of Excellence for Emerging Threats (CEVT) at LSU Health Shreveport is now administering the long-awaited bivalent booster vaccines.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 11:14 AM CDT
|By The Associated Press
In its weekly report on the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said deaths fell by 22% in the past week, at just over 11,000 reported worldwide.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 10:06 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
The vaccinations are being administered at the event’s walk-up clinic. No appointments are needed.
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Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 12:55 PM CDT
|By KLTV Digital Media Staff
The updated “bivalent” vaccines are different from earlier versions because they are designed to protect against the original strain of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, which is responsible for more than 99 percent of the COVID cases in Texas over the past month.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 10:40 PM CDT
|By Miranda Thomas
Living with the threat of covid can make anyone’s life tough, but for athletes your season depends on staying healthy.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 3:02 PM CDT
|By Tayler Davis
A doctor with LSU Health Shreveport is providing an update in NWLA's fight against COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 4:34 PM CDT
|By Kori Johnson
COVID-19 testing kits still will be available in a variety of places
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 12:42 PM CDT
|By Brittney Hazelton
The Pines Road Area Business Association (PRABA), is partnering with the Caddo Parish Commission, LA Department of Health, and LSU Health will be holding a COVID Vaccination Clinic and Health Fair.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 12:13 PM CDT
|By Rachael Thomas
Those who wish to get vaccinated against COVID-19 now have a new option when it comes to which vaccine to get.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 11:53 AM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
Southern University is walking back an earlier announcement about masks on campus.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 11:52 AM CDT
|By Brittney Hazelton
Research experts, medical professionals, and community leaders will be giving an update on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 11:35 AM CDT
|By The Associated Press
The U.N. health agency said there were more than 14,000 COVID-19 deaths in the last week and nearly 7 million new infections.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 6:13 PM CDT
|By Suzanne Ferrara
The new vaccination can’t come soon enough as the BA.5 variant is evading both natural and vaccination immunity.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 5:42 PM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
The Louisiana Department of Health said Novavax’s two-dose COVID-19 vaccine will soon be available in the state.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2022 at 10:44 AM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
The Ochsner Health System has made changes to its mask policies due to a growing number of COVID-19 cases in Louisiana.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2022 at 12:01 PM CDT
|By Brittney Hazelton
July 16 events have been canceled and new dates and locations are set for free vaccines.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 7:43 PM CDT
|By Tayler Davis
Omicron BA.5 is described as the most infectious variant yet.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2022 at 10:04 AM CDT
|By Michael Simoneaux
Parents will now be able to access their children’s COVID-19 vaccine information via the LA Wallet App.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 2:24 PM CDT
|By Daffney Dawson
COVID-19 vaccinations are underway across the ArkLaTex.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 4:21 PM CDT
|By Rachael Thomas
As of Thursday, July 7, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is reporting that only 45% of eligible people in northwest Louisiana (Region 7) have been vaccinated.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 4:11 PM CDT
|By Kori Johnson
One way to stay safe is to make sure you’re up-to-date on vaccinations.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 11:17 PM CDT
|By Curtis Heyen
Action comes in response to CDC’s assessment of virus in surrounding parishes
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 3:03 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley
Researchers said the coronavirus' Omicron variant and numerous subvariants have proven to be more transmissible than the earlier Delta variant of COVID-19.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 1:44 PM CDT
|By Alexandria Savage
2,237 new cases listed today on state’s website
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 10:33 AM CDT
|By Stacker
Stacker compiled a list of the parishes with the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in Louisiana using data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and COVID Act Now.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2022 at 8:30 AM CDT
|By The Associated Press
COVID-19 is still killing hundreds of Americans each day, but for many people the virus is not nearly as dangerous as it was.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 9:50 AM CDT
|By Tayler Davis and Rachael Thomas
The mayor was joined by hospital and healthcare leaders in the community, specifically to talk about COVID-19.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 7:22 AM CDT
|By Brittney Hazelton
Both Pfizer and Moderna will be available.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 5:47 PM CDT
|By Destinee Patterson
The CDC recommends the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines
Updated: Jun. 19, 2022 at 10:28 AM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
The Louisiana Department of Health has responded to recommendations for a COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as six months.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2022 at 4:27 PM CDT
|By Destinee Patterson
The Louisiana Department of Health says most cases are tied to community spread.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2022 at 10:32 PM CDT
|By Lexi Vennetti
Although cases are headed in the right direction, Roberts said ”The last couple of weeks we’ve seen a little bit of an uptick over previous weeks, but still in East Texas, our spread category is in the minimal spread category so that’s good.”
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 8:40 PM CDT
|By Ken Daley
New Orleans health director Dr. Jennifer Avegno on Tuesday (May 17) recommended a 'short period' of indoor masking amid a burgeoning COVID-19 surge in the city.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 5:29 PM CDT
|By Sabrina Wilson
New Orleans' COVID-19 risk rises to the medium category as cases increase and the city is asking everyone to wear masks indoors.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 10:59 AM CDT
|By WAFB Staff
LSU announced changes to its COVID-19 monitoring policy starting for the 2022 summer semester. A letter was sent to students, faculty, and staff on Tuesday, May 10.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 7:48 AM CDT
|By Christian Piekos and KSLA Staff
"As we acknowledge this day and are grateful for this relief for our providers, we also pause and remember those whose lives and families have been changed forever by COVID-19."
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 2:41 PM CDT
|By WLBT.com Staff
Bill makes some exceptions for healthcare facilities.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 4:33 PM CDT
|By Tayler Davis
The Shreveport Regional Airport says wearing masks in the airport and on flights is now optional.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 5:21 AM CDT
|By Rachael Thomas and Tayler Davis
This change is due to the low number of COVID-19 cases reported in recent weeks.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 7:02 PM CDT
|By Alena Noakes
Rapides Regional Medical Center announced in a social media post that it has remained at zero COVID-19 patients for an entire week, the first time since March 16, 2020.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 1:51 PM CDT
|By Destinee Patterson
Jordan Scroggs, executive director of the MLK Health Center, says this change makes it more critical for people to have access to routine healthcare.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 6:01 AM CDT
|By Christian Piekos
While COVID-19 transmission rates remain at low levels across Louisiana, the federal government is bolstering its support for a lab that has played a key role in tracking and slowing the spread of the virus.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 4:10 PM CDT
|By Jade Myers
It’s the first testing lab to be established as an Academic Medical Center in Louisiana, according to the lab’s website.