As state sees increase in COVID cases, Avegno delivers warning about health system capacity
FEMA denies a request to restart the city’s hotel shelter program, health director says.
Category: Coronavirus
No masks required for vaccinated NOLA Public Schools staff, students this fall
Unvaccinated staff and students must still wear masks and quarantine if necessary.
Many Louisiana residents may need to renew Medicaid benefits as COVID-19 emergency winds down
Letters sent this month are an early step in winding down pandemic programs.
COVID-19 cases in public schools remain low as summer school ends
This is the final weekly update the district will issue for the 2020-21 school year.
Just three COVID-19 cases in public schools, as summer school winds down
About one-third of the city's public school students are in summer classes.
‘Tantamount to torture’: Complaint alleges inhumane conditions, overuse of solitary confinement at Pine Prairie immigrant detention center
GEO Group, the private prison corporation that runs the facility, denied the allegations.
Governor announces $2.3 million in vaccine incentives beginning next month
Fewer than 40 percent of state residents have received their first shots, among the lowest rates in the country.
COVID-19 cases remain low in NOLA Public Schools
District cases increased this week, but with fewer students in school buildings and citywide case numbers still low, they are still below the numbers that schools often reported during the school year.
‘A godsend’: After weeks of uncertainty, city meal assistance program renewed for another month
The program has provided meals to thousands of New Orleans residents since it began last summer.
City will reopen application process for emergency rental assistance program, official says
The administrator of the program warned that although they would start accepting applications again, the city had already received far more applications than it could fund.
