Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that as much as 5 percent of older adults living in the general community are suffering from clinical depression. Those figures are even higher among older adults who are hospitalized (11.5 percent) and those who require home health care (13.5 percent).
Every year, as the calendar smiles at Feb. 14, unlikely men can be seen ambling up and down the streets, carrying roses, red beribboned gift bags and boxes of chocolate.
Members of the Jeff Davis Parish FFA competed at the Southwest District Livestock Show at the Burton Coliseum this past weekend. Shown are (clockwise from top left) Austin Bruchhaus of Elton High School, Josie Bruchhaus of Jennings High School and Andyn Grace Zammit of Jennings High.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal appeals court judges closely questioned a Biden administration attorney Monday on the consequences military personnel might face for refusing COVID-19 vaccinations, even though Biden’s vaccine mandate for military personnel has been rescinded.