KTBS3 - LSU Health Shreveport extends our deepest condolences to the family of Joe Miciotto who passed away yesterday at age 72. Joe gave over 40 years of dedicated and exemplary service to LSU Health Shreveport.

KTBS3 - A medical triple threat—COVID-19, Influenza, and Respiratory syncytial virus, or RVS, has been ravaging U.S. health systems competing for attention.

318 Forum - Caregivers of people with dementia, often viewed as invisible second patients, face daily challenges that negatively affect their quality of life. The Center for Brain Health at LSUHS shares supports that are available for caregivers.

318 Forum - International Day of Persons with Disabilities helps to bring awareness to inclusivity and social supports for people with disabilities. LSUHS School of Medicine students recognized the need for children with disabilities to have a place for social interaction with their peers, and thus Camp Tiger was founded.

KTAL6 - Three respiratory viruses are circulating nationwide: the coronavirus, flu, and RSV. Doctors from LSU Health Shreveport say one reason could be that for the past two years, many people have not been exposed to those viruses.

Three LSU Health Shreveport second year medical students have been chosen to participate in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Scholar Program: Reagan Abadie, Nicholas Jones and Tyler Tran. The program aims to address the critical need to reduce disparities in healthcare and the biomedical workforce.

KTAL6 - As drug overdose rates hit an alarming peak, those who struggle with addiction look to an opioid-based treatment called buprenorphine. LSUHS Chair of Psychiatry, Dr. James Patterson, says addiction treatment specialists say the drugs can potentially stop the opioid crisis.

KSLA12 - Dr. Arshpreet Kaur, LSUHS Assistant Professor of Endocrinology, says the drug “Ozempic, or semaglutide, was approved for diabetic treatment and then they saw it had good weight loss benefits. The FDA actually approved it last year.”

Medscape - Alexandre Malek, MD, assistant professor of medicine at LSUHS, pointed to "a growing number of preclinical studies evaluating the role of vaccines as adjunct to immunotherapy to overcome cancer resistance by converting cold tumors to hot." That research includes a study of a seasonal influenza vaccine and another of adenoviral based-vaccines.

Louisiana Radio Network - After a recent report from the LSUHS Louisiana Addiction Research Center showing Shreveport’s wastewater contained double the amount of methamphetamine than anywhere else in the country, many were shocked.