COVID-19 omicron variant

Amid an uptick in cases, city officials strongly recommended a return to indoor masking and provided updates on virus precautions and treatments to buffer against a summer surge.

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.

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.

The omicron surge that has caused a record number of Louisianans to contract COVID-19 could be peaking.

COVID cases in New Orleans’ public schools dropped again last week and quarantines were also down, according to data released Tuesday.

Many emergency rooms in the Gulf States region don’t have enough nurses to meet the demands of patients. Then, we hear about Archie Manning's career on NOLA Life Stories, the Historic New Orleans Collection's first person narrative series.

COVID cases in New Orleans’ public schools were down last week, but quarantines were up, according to data released Tuesday.

The state health department reported 17,592 new cases of COVID-19, the highest daily report of new cases, on Wednesday, breaking Friday’s record of 14,802 cases.

Louisiana nursing home facilities report low vaccine booster rates among residents and employees.

For the second consecutive day on Friday, Louisiana health officials reported the highest daily count of COVID-19 cases ever during the pandemic amid an unprecedented surge from the highly transmissible omicron variant.