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The New Orleans Saints and Ochsner Health teamed up to offer vaccinations with the incentive that one of those vaccinated could win a raffle for two tickets to a 2021 New Orleans Saints game ahead of next Monday's first preseason home game against the Jaguars.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Nola.comDr. Yvens Laborde leaves Tuesday morning from New Orleans to Haiti to help the troubled island, which he says is a part of his life's work.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WDSUThe CDC and FDA are now recommending additional doses of vaccine for some people, and Ochsner Health offered a briefing today to help get the word out.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON KATCAt these events, people who receive vaccinations will be entered to win two tickets to a 2021 New Orleans Saints game. Ochsner will draw a winner from each vaccination site.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON KATCEast Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux presented Awards of Good Citizenship on Saturday, Aug. 14 to the Ochsner Health Urgent Care staff after they gave aid to shooting victims on Sunday, August 1.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON BR ProudCrescent Care, Ochsner, and other organizations are giving out vaccinations at many schools and other locations on a daily basis.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WVUEOchsner's message from a family that lost a loved one to COVID.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WWLStarting Monday, people can drive-thru for a COVID-19 testing site and walk-up vaccination location to help alleviate pressure on area hospitals.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON WVUEThe rapidly escalating surge in COVID-19 infections across the U.S. is once again overwhelming hospitals, especially in hot spots such as Louisiana, which hit a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations last week. Nearly 2,900 virus patients are currently hospitalized — and state health officials say the number of cases may not peak for several more weeks. Louisiana has the country’s fourth-lowest vaccination rate, with just a little more than 37% of residents fully inoculated.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Associated Press“CDC recommends that pregnant people should be vaccinated against COVID-19, based on new evidence about the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines,” the agency said in an updated guidance Wednesday.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON New York Post