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This weekend neighbors will be kick-starting the Veteran's Day celebrations, but some say you don't have to limit your donations or time to one day in the year.

Entering college as a veteran isnt easy, so LSU’s William A. Brookshire Military and Veterans Student Center has been working to help students with a military background take advantage of

Entering college as a veteran isnt easy, so LSU’s William A. Brookshire Military and Veterans Student Center has been working to help students with a military background take advantage of

Dr. Kanter says the vaccination rate inside Louisiana nursing homes is about 80 percent and can easily become a model for the rest of the state.

‘There is an end in sight,’: Family members reunited with hugs after nursing home restrictions lifted Family members reunited with hugs after nursing home restrictions lifted By Amanda Roberts | March 15, 2021 at 9:16 PM CDT - Updated March 15 at 10:31 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -The nursing home and long-term care facility guidelines now allow for indoor visits regardless of their residents’ vaccination status unless there’s a confirmed Covid or close contact case. For full...

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Louisiana nursing homes expected to start receiving coronavirus vaccines this week (Source: WTVM) By Chris Rosato | December 27, 2020 at 4:35 PM CST - Updated December 29 at 5:02 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - There’s a new sign of hope for the people across Louisiana who the coronavirus has impacted the most. “We see this vaccine as just another way we can combat this virus,” said Brandee Patrick, a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs RELATED: Starting Mond...

Ollie Steele Burden Manor resident Louise McGarrahan Smith, 96, bottom, smiles as looks out from the window of her room, talking with her loved ones including daughter Cindy Shepard, and sons Rod Smith, left, and Dennis Smith, right, reflected in the window, Tuesday, May 19, 2020. The chats through closed windows help residents to still have some contact with their loved ones, despite nursing home lockdowns that have been going on for many weeks because of the COVID-19 pandemic. STAFF PHOTO ...

Louisiana nursing homes expected to start receiving coronavirus vaccines this week (Source: WTVM) By Chris Rosato | December 27, 2020 at 4:35 PM CST - Updated December 29 at 5:02 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - There’s a new sign of hope for the people across Louisiana who the coronavirus has impacted the most. “We see this vaccine as just another way we can combat this virus,” said Brandee Patrick, a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs RELATED: Starting Mond...

December 13, 2020 GMT BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Coronavirus infections among Louisiana’s nursing home residents are rising to levels not seen since an earlier outbreak peak over the summer, a threatening trend that comes as the facilities could be only weeks away from receiving the first doses of a vaccine. Nursing homes reported more than 400 new cases of the COVID-19 disease caused by the virus among residents in the past week, The Advocate reports, the most since mid-August. Similarly, th...