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US companies ditch efforts to manufacture PPE
Many companies that began producing personal protective equipment early in the pandemic with patriotic optimism have scaled back, shut down or given up, according...
As much as $80B in PPP money was stolen, prosecutors say
The prevalence of COVID-19 relief fraud has been known for some time, but experts are just now starting to grasp the scope and implications...
COVID-19 misinformation contributing to health care provider burnout
Health care provider burnout, a problem even before the pandemic, has been exacerbated by COVID-19.
Another COVID surge could be on the way for US
A surge in coronavirus infections in Western Europe has experts and health authorities on alert for another wave of the pandemic in the U.S.,...
So what’s going on with Biden’s vaccine mandates?
More than half the states, including Louisiana, are pursuing renewed legal challenges against a requirement from President Joe Biden's administration for millions of health care workers across the U.S. to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Rampant fraud hampers effort to track $6 trillion in federal COVID relief
Roughly two years after lawmakers approved their first tranche of rescue funds, the U.S. government is grappling with an unprecedented challenge: how to oversee...
SBA issues update on PPP loan forgiveness appeals
For business owners who received only partial forgiveness on their Paycheck Protection Program loans, consider this your stay of execution.
Gov. Edwards extends COVID emergency order for another month
Gov. John Bel Edwards provided an update on the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the state Capitol this afternoon, saying he plans...
Businesses call on Congress for more COVID-related aid
Some businesses aren't just hungry for more federal aid—they're famished, Inc. reports.
There were hopes that 2022 would mark the end of the pandemic, but...
Louisiana’s omicron-driven COVID surge finally easing
The Louisiana Department of Health reported today that the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases across the state, driven by the omicron variant has finally peaked.
Local hospitals using contract nurses to fill spots amid staffing shortages
The nationwide nursing shortage has led hospitals, including those in Baton Rouge, to look for ways to fill shifts while offering their existing workforce flexibility.
Work and home have blended, but lines can be redrawn
The boundaries between home and work have been scrambled by two years of working through a crisis, often from the same place workers do...
Louisianans receive more than $32M in COVID funeral aid
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has paid out tens of millions of dollars to Louisiana residents to cover the cost of funeral expenses tied...
COVID surge has workers calling in sick in record numbers
The latest surge of coronavirus cases powered by the omicron variant has caused extremely high numbers of employees to miss work because of illness,...
Louisiana marks 1 million COVID cases
Louisiana surpassed 1 million COVID-19 cases today, meaning that nearly one in four residents has tested positive for the virus since it arrived in...
Louisiana remains at forefront of vaccine mandate debates
Last week's U.S. Supreme Court split decision on two of President Biden's vaccine mandates, one for companies and one for health care providers has...
Omicron surge shows signs of easing
Following more than a month of soaring infection, the latest surge in coronavirus cases is showing signs of slowing
Data yet to signal omicron has peaked in Louisiana
Louisiana officials said today that they hope the state is nearing a peak in new COVID-19 infections driven by the omicron variant—which health experts blame for the state's fifth surge in new cases and hospitalizations—but they don’t yet see data indicating the peak has arrived.
Louisiana sets another COVID-19 daily case count record
The omicron variant continues to fuel an increase in coronavirus cases in Louisiana. The state health department reported a new single-day high for COVID-19 cases with 17,592, eclipsing a record set last week by nearly 2,800.
COVID test supply shortage hampers free, at-home testing program
However, pharmacists, insurers and even politicians like Mayor Sharon Weston Broome say the free tests are in short supply here in Louisiana and across the country.
