SHREVEPORT, La. Heart disease is the greatest health threat to Americans and the leading cause of death worldwide, according to the American Heart Association.
SHREVEPORT, La. Jenny Hebert, the normally active pianist for Saint Mary of the Pines Catholic Church, discovered that doing regular activities would cause her shortness of breath.
SHREVEPORT, La. As of Thursday, about 40,000 people in northwest Louisiana have received their first shots of the coronavirus vaccine, according to Dr. Joseph Vanchiere, an infectious disease pediatrician
SHREVEPORT, La. As of Thursday, about 40,000 people in northwest Louisiana have received their first shots of the coronavirus vaccine, according to Dr. Joseph Vanchiere, an infectious disease pediatrician with Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport.
While that includes 37% of people in the Louisiana that are over the age of 70, only 11% of minorities have received their first doses. Doctors, state lawmakers and Shreveport city leaders are working to correct the imbalance. This virus doesn t care if you re a Republican or a Democrat, Black or white, gentile or Jew, it will kill you, said state Sen. Gregory Tarver at a press conference Thursday afternoon. Everybody needs to get the shot.
SHREVEPORT, La LSU Health Sciences Center and CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health are partnering to give COVID-19 vaccinations to those over 70 years old at drive-thru clinics.