omicron

Some states are emerging from the omicron surge, but hospitals in the Gulf South are in crisis. Demand for beds is up, but there are shortages of staff.

The omicron surge that has caused a record number of Louisianans to contract COVID-19 could be peaking.

Many emergency rooms in the Gulf States region don’t have enough nurses to meet the demands of patients. Then, we hear about Archie Manning's career on NOLA Life Stories, the Historic New Orleans Collection's first person narrative series.

Louisiana nursing home facilities report low vaccine booster rates among residents and employees.

COVID-19 cases soared at New Orleans Public Schools during the first week of instruction in 2022, mirroring the skyrocketing cases across the city and the state, while some East Baton Rouge Parish schools pivot to virtual learning in January.

Louisiana marked a new record high for daily COVID-19 cases reported to the state on Thursday, with 14,007 new cases reported.

Louisiana’s public schools will reopen this week largely as planned, many without implementing guidance from the state’s health department meant to slow the omicron variant’s spread.

Here is the latest information on the omicron variant and COVID cases in Louisiana.

The COVID-19 omicron variant has not yet been detected in Louisiana, but the state health department is genetically sequencing most positive COVID-19 PCR tests to find out which variants are circulating in the state, officials said at a press conference Friday.