Dr. Marc Siegel calls the congressman-elect’s death a ‘rare situation,’ reacts to recent coronavirus news on ‘Fox & Friends.’
Louisiana Republican Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, who was scheduled to be sworn in on Sunday, died Tuesday evening from complications related to COVID-19.
The incoming representative for Louisiana s 5th Congressional District, 41, was first admitted to a hospital on Dec. 19 and later transferred to LSU Health Shreveport in critical condition and apparently suffered a cardiac event on Tuesday that led to his death, Shreveport Dr. G.E. Ghali told NOLA.com.
Letlow s passing has inspired his friends, family and acquaintances to share sympathetic messages and fond memories of the young father of two on social media, highlighting Letlow s life and accomplishments before he was elected to serve his home state in Washington, D.C.
The logistics of how everyday necessities get onto the shelves of the local store probably didn’t enter the mind of most Americans that is, until the global COVID-19 pandemic began to spread across the United States. Rumors of toilet paper shortages filled social media, and suddenly “it’s a supply chain issue” was part of our vernacular.
Now, according to Louisiana Tech University’s sustainable supply chain management students, this logistical management of getting essentials from point A to point B may just be what will be responsible for getting us back to normalcy.
“During the COVID pandemic, the U.S. consumer has experienced a shortage of cans, paper bags, hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, and toilet paper,” said Dr. Kevin Watson, Assistant Professor of Management in the College of Business. “We have been bombarded with stories of lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect our frontline medical workers and first responders. Now, we are like
December 23, 2020
COVID-19 testing at all Louisiana Army National Guard (LANG) sites and parish health units will be paused on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year s Eve and New Year s Day.
Next week s COVID-19 testing schedule for sites operated by LANG is listed below. Sites are closed during inclement weather.
The best way to show your loved ones you care this holiday season is to reduce the likelihood that you spread COVID to them. Celebrate at home with your immediate household and continue to take precautions: practice social distancing, wear a mask and wash your hands. If you have been exposed or have symptoms of COVID-19, get tested.
Santas in Alabama need a little extra magic this year (and maybe a plexiglass shield)
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
To be Santa or not to be Santa?
In 2020, that’s the question for jolly old elves across the country, as they weigh the pros and cons of portraying Kriss Kringle during the coronavirus pandemic.
There are risks attached to the role, even for the heartiest of men, and some of the traditional Santa tasks such as shaking hands, hugging admirers, posing for photos and paying close attention to kids whispering in their ears can seem downright dangerous as the virus continues to spread.
M.E. (Davis Smart) Miller (English Education, ’70; English, ’73) recently donated a treasure trove of vintage popular and classical sheet music, books, and trade magazines dating back as far as the 1860s and up through the mid-1970s to the Louisiana Tech University School of Music.
This donation of over 1,300 items is now housed in the department of University Archives and Special Collections in Prescott Memorial Library. The collection features a wide range of music genres, including ragtime, vaudeville tunes, country and western, film music, jazz and the blues, patriotic music and war songs, Broadway classics (with a particularly large collection of works by Irving Berlin), and novelty tunes, such as “Oh! I Love No One But’er My Oleomargarine” (Gaskill and Leslie, 1926). Included among the donated items are very early editions of popular tunes appropriate for this time of year, such as “White Christmas” (Irving Berlin, 1942) and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”