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Five people in Louisiana have died in 2025 from a flesh-eating bacterium found in warm coastal waters, substantially exceeding the annual average on such deaths, state officials have said. Those who had died from contracting Vibrio vulnificus as of Wednesday were among at least 26 to be infected with the bacterium, with each case resulting in hospitalization, according to Louisiana’s …

A fifth person has died after contracting a rare, flesh-eating bacteria in Louisiana, state health officials said this week.  Vibrio vulnificus is a bacteria that occurs in warm coastal waters, CBS News previously reported, and is more common between May and October. It can cause illness including life-threatening necrotizing fasciitis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About one …

A fifth person in Louisiana has died of a vibrio vulnificus infection, a dangerous flesh-eating bacterium that has caused 26 hospitalizations in the state so far, a sharp increase compared to the annual average of about 10 cases and one death over the past decade. Vibrio vulnificus is found in warm, brackish coastal waters and raw or undercooked seafood, especially …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has appointed a Baton Rouge physician to the committee that recommends vaccination policies to the federal government — and she has repeatedly questioned COVID vaccines and other inoculations for children. “I am very, very skeptical,” Dr. Evelyn Griffin said in 2024 while speaking to the congregation of Rev. Tony Spell’s Life Tabernacle Church near …

Pentagon plans 1,000 National Guard troops for Louisiana policing, Washington Post reports  Reuters Pentagon plan envisions 1,000 troops for Louisiana policing mission  The Washington Post Leaked plans show Pentagon eyeing Louisiana to deploy national guard  The Guardian Louisiana city and state leaders react to Trump’s plan to send 1,000 troops to New Orleans  wwltv.com Trump administration could deploy 1,000 troops to Louisiana cities until …

Mizzou braved the mid-September heat against Louisiana and walked away with a breezy 52-10 win to move to 3-0 on the season. Here are your five takeaways from the dominant win: Sep 13, 2025; Columbia, Missouri, USA; Missouri Tigers running back Ahmad Hardy (29) runs the ball as Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns safety Jalen Clark (2) defends during the first half …

Three Louisiana residents are among the 400 richest Americans. Here’s who they are  NOLA.com List: This is the wealthiest person in your state, latest Forbes report says  The Hill Forbes list ranks 400 richest people in America. How many are in Michigan? Is Trump on it?  Lansing State Journal Where Todd Graves ranks on the latest Forbes 400 list  Baton Rouge Business Report How …

BATON ROUGE (TNND) — A Louisiana man missed Powerball’s massive $1.1B jackpot by just one number. But all was not lost, as John Stokes still won $150,000, according to the Louisiana Lottery. We were shocked and feel so blessed,” Stokes said in the release. Stokes, who lives in DeRidder, bought the ticket on Monday. He said he and his family …

The Trump administration purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the US illegally to self-deport, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday. A complex inside the Louisiana state penitentiary, an immense rural prison better known as Angola, will be used to detain those whom Noem described as …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Angola, Louisiana  —  The Trump administration is opening a new detention camp within a notorious state prison in Louisiana to house undocumented migrants accused of committing crimes, officials announced Wednesday. The new detention center, called “Camp 57,” will be at the country’s largest maximum-security prison, the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola, an 18,000-acre facility …