COVID

The Department of Wildlife has begun a COVID testing program among deer harvested in the state.

A promising new pill from Pfizer could change COVID as we know it.

According to a press release from the Lafayette Parish School System, masks will be optional for students and staff following Governor Edwards' announcement regarding the mask mandate in Louisiana. Following federal regulation, those who ride on school buses will still be required to wear masks.

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A truck driver shortage could leave store shelves and under the Christmas Tree looking a little bare this year.

LSU has announced that they are lifting all COVID protocols for when it comes time to entering Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge.

KATC TV-3 reports that a COVID outbreak may have come from a recent wedding held in Abbeville.

According to several news outlets, a Louisiana judge has tossed the lawsuit brought by employees of Ochsner Lafayette General, challenging its COVID vaccine mandate.

A man was seen harassing a woman in a Target store after he noticed that she was not wearing a mask.

The recent surge in COVID deaths has created a logistical problem for Louisiana's funeral providers.

Firefighters at WWFD station supported their fellow firefighter and his family by taking a ladder truck to the hospital and lifting up the COVID-19 patient's wife up to his window.

After coming off of a monstrous Week 1 victory, the New Orleans Saints are facing another hurdle with multiple members of the team testing positive for COVID. While only one player has reportedly tested positive so far, approximately half of the offensive coaching staff have received a positive result.

People are now reportedly huffing fumes from onions in an attempt to rid themselves of the coronavirus.

A woman from Scottsdale has lost her job after she was seen on camera coughing on others while grocery shopping.

Jeddiah "Jed" Duggar and his new wife Katey Nakatsu are taking big-time heat over the way they announced the couple's first pregnancy.

Reports are out saying that due to COVID outbreaks amongst faculty and students at Port Barre High and Middle schools, those campuses will be moving to remote learning starting on Thursday, August 26th.

COVID has claimed yet another annual Louisiana tradition as the Louisiana Sugarcane Festival & Fair Association announced their decision to cancel this year's event.

A livestock dewormer known as the ivermectin has been hard to find in farm stores due to "COVID truthers" touting it as a supposed cure-all against the pandemic.

David Begnaud of CBS News recently walked through the ER at Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette and this story really shows what is going on in hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Daily Iberian was at the Iberia Parish School Board meeting Wednesday night when police were called in to enforce a mask mandate.