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The city will expand its mandate in 2022 to include children 5 and older. The city health director said “there was no good scientific or educational reason to wait.”
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COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising sharply in Louisiana as the omicron variant surges in the state, spurring renewed calls for people to wear masks indoors and get vaccinated.
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Pediatricians and state officials worry that the same misinformation fueling COVID-19 vaccine skepticism and politicization could spread and ultimately undermine confidence in all vaccines.
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While many school districts, and in some cases entire states, are moving forward with plans to require the COVID-19 vaccine for students once it has received full federal approval, New Orleans isn’t waiting.
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Hosting a family gathering for Thanksgiving but worried about COVID transmission? Health officials offer these tips for a happy, safe holiday.
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Children and students in Louisiana schools, universities and day care centers would be required to be immunized against COVID-19 under a rule proposed by the state health department that is pending legislation.
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Louisianans 18 years and older who completed their Moderna or Pfizer (Comirnaty) COVID-19 vaccine series more than six months ago and those who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine more than two months ago are now eligible to receive a booster shot, Louisiana Department of Health officials said Wednesday in an announcement.
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Attorney General Jeff Landry has signed onto yet another lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandates, this time taking aim at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ requirement that all employees of facilities participating in the federal entitlement programs be vaccinated by Dec. 6.
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A week after federal health officials approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11, New Orleans schools are making the shot available to its younger students with multiple events hosted through November.
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Department of Justice lawyers argued Monday that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should reverse course and allow the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for all large companies to remain in place until the court can hold a formal hearing to determine the fate of the policy.