Red River Radio - Dr. John Vanchiere, LSUHS Professor of Pediatrics and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research, participated in a discussion about the rise in strep infections and dengue fever, the latest COVID variants, bird flu and more.

KSLA12 - With the CDC reporting a rise in COVID cases, Dr. Alexandre Malek, LSUHS Director of Infectious Disease Research, talks about the newly approved FDA updated COVID vaccines.

KSLA12 - Doctors say they are seeing the usual summer surge in COVID-19 cases.“This is the COVID normal that we’ve seen the past four years,” said Dr. John Vanchiere, LSUHS pediatric infectious disease specialist.

The Mercury News - “Through multiple immunizations, your repertoire of immune cells expands,” said Jeremy Kamil, a virologist at LSUHS, who studies variant mutations. “Your body learns to make these very potent antibodies that are active against multiple strains of the virus."

Shreveport Times - Dr. Krista Queen, Director of the Viral Genomics and Surveillance Center for Emerging Viral Threats at LSUHS, said, "FLiRT is an interesting name for this new variant and it's referring to a couple of different mutations that are present and actually it's not just one variant, it's a group of variants."