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Shalina Chatlani/Gulf States Newsroom/The NAACP’s and SPLC’s federal complaint claims that Mississippi didn’t equitably spend its federal COVID-19 relief funds, leaving out communities of color. -
Shalina Chatlani/Gulf States Newsroom/While nothing officially changes until the Supreme Court delivers its decision, advocates on both sides of the issue are preparing for an end to legal abortion.
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While some in health care agree that lifting New Orleans' vaccine mandate was the correct move to make considering current COVID trends, others think it could be too soon. -
New Orleans Public Schools will lift its mask mandate for students and teachers starting next week, the district announced Friday afternoon.
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On the two-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, take a look back at the Gulf States Newsroom’s coverage of the infectious disease’s impact on the Gulf South region.
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Mask use inside New Orleans’ public schools may shift from mandatory to optional in just a few weeks if community spread remains low, the district said in a statement Thursday.
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Just one day after Fat Tuesday, city officials announced that the the indoor mask mandate will be lifted in New Orleans due to falling COVID-19 numbers. The announcement also comes after AG Jeff Landry subpoenaed city officials in challenge over the city's COVID rules.
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New Orleans is in full celebration mode with Mardi Gras just days away, but where does COVID fit into the equation? The city’s health director has answers.
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The omicron variant hit the city hard in early January, resulting in record-high cases among school children. Now, the surge appears to have mostly petered out just in time for Mardi Gras.
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No one knows how many New Orleans public school students are vaccinated, officials said Tuesday, citing reporting delays and the burden placed on schools to collect information from families.
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COVID cases in New Orleans’ public schools dropped by roughly 50% last week. But as cases and quarantines come down, questions have been raised regarding the data’s accuracy.
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The COVID-19 emergency proclamation was renewed once again for Louisiana for another 28 days, though Gov. John Bel Edwards hinted at finally terminating the order by or before its expiration date due to falling case numbers and rising immunity amid omicron.
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The Louisiana Department of Health will no longer require the state’s day care, K-12 and college students to get the COVID-19 vaccine starting in the 2022-23 school year, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced during a radio program on Wednesday.
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The announcements come after a federal judge voided a nationwide mask mandate for public transportation on Monday.
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New Orleans’ public schools will no longer report COVID-19 cases to the district’s central office, though state reporting will continue, officials said Monday.
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But for now, it’s important to keep those measures in place, she said — especially as hundreds of thousands of tourists come to town.
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In the Gulf South, Mississippi has spent around $90 million on temporary medical staff. Louisiana has spent nearly $250 million.
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Some states are emerging from the omicron surge, but hospitals in the Gulf South are in crisis. Demand for beds is up, but there are shortages of staff.
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COVID cases in New Orleans’ public schools were down last week, but quarantines were up, according to data released Tuesday.
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Louisiana nursing home facilities report low vaccine booster rates among residents and employees.
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Louisiana marked a new record high for daily COVID-19 cases reported to the state on Thursday, with 14,007 new cases reported.
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More people are recognizing the need to take care of their mental health amid the pandemic. One sign of this: calls to help hotlines have skyrocketed.
