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Author: Philip Kiefer

City tentatively returns to Phase 2

January 27, 2021 Updated January 27, 2021

After break, some Tulane professors worry about return to campus

January 20, 2021 Updated January 20, 2021
Tulane resumed in-person classes this week, but even its extensive COVID response didn’t control outbreaks last semester.

New Orleans City Council approves new bike share agreement

January 14, 2021 Updated January 14, 2021
The city is partnering with a new nonprofit, Blue Krewe, which will develop a bikeshare system by September

New Orleans City Council committee gives preliminary approval to new bike share partnership

January 13, 2021 Updated January 14, 2021
City Hall intends to partner with new nonprofit, Blue Krewe, to reestablish bike share program by September.

After slow public rollout, officials describe path — and obstacles — to mass vaccinations

January 7, 2021 Updated January 7, 2021
Tulane dean asks for volunteers to assist with yet-to-be-announced mass vaccination sites operated by the city of New Orleans. State officials are also discussing mass vaccination program. But the supply is still lacking.

‘The phone’s been ringing since I got here’: Pharmacies report nonstop calls for vaccine appointments

January 5, 2021 Updated January 5, 2021
On the first day of more widely available vaccines, limited slots run out almost immediately.

More than 70 Louisiana hospitals have received vaccine doses, Edwards says

December 17, 2020 Updated December 18, 2020
Due to 'angel doses,' state may have thousands more than initially reported.

As COVID-19 numbers rise statewide, New Orleans will not add restrictions on bars

December 16, 2020 Updated December 18, 2020
The city of New Orleans’ percent of positive tests fell just below the state threshold this week.

‘There was this sense of relief’: Vaccinations begin in Louisiana

December 15, 2020 Updated December 18, 2020
Nearly 40,000 doses are expected to arrive this week. Ochsner, VA Medical Center and LCMC have confirmed receiving shipments.

Ochsner to receive more than 9,000 vaccine doses

December 11, 2020 Updated December 18, 2020
The largest shipment is coming to New Orleans area.

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