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Contingency plans crucial for dealing with latest COVID surge
As the COVID-19 pandemic nears its two-year anniversary, it's distressingly clear that businesses need to prepare for ongoing surges and new variants.
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Supreme Court appears skeptical of Biden’s workplace vaccine mandate
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical today of the Biden administration's authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation's large employers. The court seemed more open to a separate vaccine mandate for most health care workers.
Here we go again … now it’s omicron
Cases of the omicron variant are surging in Baton Rouge and across Louisiana, sparking concern for overworked health care professions and worry about its economic impact.
Supreme Court weighs vaccine rules affecting more than 80 million
The Supreme Court is taking up two major Biden administration efforts to bump up the nation's vaccination rate against COVID-19 at a time of spiking coronavirus cases due to the omicron variant.
State reports record number of new COVID cases
The Louisiana Department of Health today reported a record number of new COVID-19 cases, with 14,000 people testing positive over the past 24 hours.
Louisiana’s film industry moving forward despite COVID surge
The current wave of COVID-19 has pushed a few shows back a week but projects are moving forward, the business agent for Louisiana’s union film workers says.
BRAC to large employers: Have mandatory vaccine/testing plans ready
Capital Region companies with 100 or more employees should begin preparing to implement a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination and testing policy.
The Gregory closes temporarily due to COVID exposure
The Gregory, a restaurant at The Watermark Hotel downtown, is closed temporarily this week as a precaution after staff members were exposed to COVID-19.
Omicron forces Baton Rouge offices to again change policies
The omicron variant, which spreads more rapidly than other COVID-19 variants, has local offices once again updating their pandemic policies as employees return from the holiday break.
Another federal vaccine mandate blocked
A federal judge in the Western District of Louisiana has blocked another Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate, this time affecting the Head Start program.
Gov. Edwards urges mitigation measures to slow omicron spread
Gov. John Bel Edwards addressed the fifth wave of COVID-19 during a news conference this afternoon, urging Louisiana residents to adhere to measures aimed...
Mask requirements return for city-parish buildings; BRG asks patients to avoid ER
Visitors and employees will be required to wear face coverings inside city-parish buildings in Baton Rouge as coronavirus cases once again spike across Louisiana,...
What the ‘new normal’ may look like in 2022 workplaces
Offices were forever changed in March 2020, and for many businesses, those changes have yet to be reversed. Going into 2022, some offices will need to make changes to address the disruption of the past couple of years.
Louisiana COVID hospitalizations double; new local testing sites open
The omicron variant may not be the most deadly strain of COVID-19 but it’s proving to be one of the most contagious, causing Louisiana...
Louisiana hospitals scramble to prepare for a fifth COVID wave
In Louisiana, where many feel reluctant to get the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, health care providers are preparing for the worst over the next several weeks, Louisiana Illuminator reports.
Three ways to prepare if vaccine mandate makes it past the courts
There’s less than two weeks to go before President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate requiring companies with at least 100 employees to make COVID-19 shots mandatory or submit to regular testing goes into effect on Jan. 4.
Courts keep chipping away at Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandates
Federal judges in Louisiana and Texas continue to chip away at Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Report: Louisiana lacks transparency on COVID aid spending
Louisiana has failed to provide adequate public information about taxpayer money received through the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund, a new report from think tank Good Jobs First asserts.
No vaccine mandate for Louisiana health care workers after federal ruling
A federal appeals court panel today lifted a nationwide ban against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for health care workers, instead blocking the requirement in only certain states and creating the potential for patchwork enforcement across the country. The mandate is still blocked in Louisiana.
Omicron spreading quickly; Gov. Edwards touts Louisiana vaccination rates
The omicron COVID-19 variant first detected in southern Africa about a month ago now comprised about 3% of cases sequenced in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
