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About 50 shots given at Treme's vaccination event "What drew me here was the crowd they had out here. I saw the tents and I said, let me go give it a try. And how do I feel? I feel great," Author: Mike Perlstein / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 11:00 PM CDT April 25, 2021 Updated: 11:02 PM CDT April 25, 2021 NEW ORLEANS — The City Health Department held an outdoor vaccination event called 'Shots for shots" in Treme Sunday. If a person got a vaccine shot then they would receive a coupon for a drink at Treme Hideaway or Kermit Ruffin's Mothe...

  NANAIMO, B.C. -- Ladysmith resident Jackie Bates wouldn’t have made it to Christmas this year if not for the double lung transplant she received over the summer. Now, she’s encouraging people to register as organ donors so more people in her situation have a chance at life. The 28-year-old has cystic fibrosis, a genetic condition affecting the lungs. She describes it as slowly drowning.  “Your lungs slowly fill with a very thick mucus that you cannot remove,” she said. She had less than 20 per cent lung function before her transplant, and doctors gave her only a few months to...