Louisiana Considered: State’s supply of rapid tests dwindles as Omicron surges

By Patrick Madden,

Aubry Procell

Published January 3, 2022 at 1:00 PM CST

Patrick Madden hosted this Monday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.
WWNO/WRKF public health reporter Rosemary Westwood updates us on the availability of COVID-19 tests in Southeast Louisiana.
In an interview first heard on NPR’s Morning Edition, NPR Congressional Reporter Claudia Grisales speaks with U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger about what the agency has done to recover from the riots at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Several Gulf States Newsroom reporters present some of their best reporting from 2021.

Louisiana Considered

Patrick Madden

Patrick was the Regional News Director for the news collaboration between WRKF Baton Rouge and WWNO New Orleans, from 2019 through 2023.

Aubry Procell

Aubry is a reporter, producer and operations assistant in Baton Rouge.