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September 24, 2009
- Ten (10pm) - Louisiana Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry
- Five (5pm) - Tylenol Recall
- Six (6pm) - Cat Haven
- Five (5pm) - Swine Flu
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
- Other - Flu Shots for Seniors
WBRZ and the Baton Rouge General will provide “Flu Shots For Seniors” over a two-week period at the two locations of Baton Rouge General Medical Center in Baton Rouge. Flu shots will be available from 7 a.m. until noon at the Mid City campus on Sept. 26 and at the Bluebonnet campus on Oct. 3.
- Ten (10pm) - LA Seafood Contest
- Five (5pm) - Cell Phone Radiation
- All shows - President Obama's Speech to Students
- Five (5pm) - Jefferson Davis Murders
- Four (4pm) - Louisiana Tax Amnesty Program
- Five (5pm) - Window Blinds Recall
- Six (6pm) - Streamlining Government Suggestions
- Five (5pm) - EBR Schools Flu Cases
The East Baton Rouge Parish School System currently is monitoring sporadic, confirmed cases of flu affecting 13 schools. Most cases are isolated, and some schools are reporting some absences.
The School System is sending out letters and phone messages to those affected, alerting parents of the situation and reminding them to keep students home if they have flu-like symptoms. In addition, the School System, as a precaution, will disinfect the schools affected.
At this time, there is no need to close any schools. School System officials will continue to monitor the situation.
The affected schools include: Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Baton Rouge Magnet High School, Buchanan Elementary School, Glasgow Middle School, Jefferson Terrace Elementary School, La Belle Aire Elementary School, McKinley High School, Melrose Elementary School, Northeast Elementary School, Northeast High School, Park Forest Middle School, Sherwood Magnet Middle School and Wildwood Elementary.
“This is not the time to panic,” said Sue Catchings of Health Centers in Schools. “Everything that can be done is being done. There is nothing to be alarmed about, and we will see this in other schools. With proper monitoring and control, however, it should be a contained situation. If that changes, we will change our actions to adapt to it.”
The School System is communicating with principals at all its schools on a regular basis and working closely with the Health Centers in Schools and the local Public Health Office.
In approaching this issue collaboratively, the entities are:
· Tracking the absentee rate at schools
· Talking to teachers and principals about having students wash their hands and covering coughs correctly
· Communicating with schools on a weekly basis
· Following the Centers for Disease Control guidelines for schools and planning appropriately based on the national recommendations
Students can prevent the spread of flu viruses by washing their hands repeatedly and coughing into their elbow.
Swine flu symptoms are similar to those in influenza (flu) and like illnesses and generally include: chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort.
Health Centers in Schools provides health services in the School System. For more information, call Sue Catchings at (225) 721-1748.
- Six (6pm) - Livingston SPCA
- Six (6pm) - Northside Humane Society
- All shows - American Heart Association
- Other - Randy Rosetta's 'Line Drives' LSU Baseball blog
Advocate Sportswriter Randy Rosetta provides news, notes and analysis on LSU baseball.
- Six (6pm) - Run for One Planet
- Other - Christmas Tree Recycling
The Recycling Office would like to welcome all visitors to our website and remind everyone to please recycle to help our environment.
- Six (6pm) - FDA considering criminal charges against these weight loss products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting consumers nationwide not to purchase or consume more than 25 different products marketed for weight loss because they contain undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients that may put consumers’ health at risk.
The FDA is considering criminal charges against some of the companies, because they have not responded to requests for recalls.
The products are:
- Fatloss Slimming
- 2 Day Diet
- 3x Slimming Power
- 5x Imelda
- Perfect Slimming
- 3 Day Diet Japan Lingzhi
- 24 Hours Diet
- 7 Diet Day/Night Formula
- 7 Day Herbal Slim
- 8 Factor Diet
- 999 Fitness
- Essence
- Extrim Plus
- GMP
- Imelda Perfect Slim
- Lida DaiDaihua
- Miaozi Slim Capsules
- Perfect Slim
- Perfect Slim 5x
- Phyto Shape
- ProSlim Plus
- Royal
- Slimming Formula
- Slim 3 in 1
- Slim Express 360
- Slimtech
- Somotrin
- Superslim
- TripleSlim
- Zhen de Shou
- Venom Hyperdrive 3.0
- Ten (10pm) - Your Money Matters
- All shows - Corporal William ‘Buddy’ Ilgenfritz
This Website gives up-to-date condition information on Corporal William ‘Buddy’ Ilgenfritz, II. Online donations can also be made at this location.
Additional donations can be made at any Chase Bank. The account number is 2913753642.
Jambalaya Fundraiser
January 24, at Central Wal-Mart
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- Six (6pm) - Baton Rouge Arts Council
- Six (6pm) - Livingston SPCA
- Ten (10pm) - Pet Food Products Liability Settlement
- Six (6pm) - Red Stick Farmers Market
- All shows - WBRZ Live Streaming Gustav Coverage
Click above to watch WBRZ News 2's live streaming coverage of Hurricane Gustav as it makes its way to Louisiana.
- Six (6pm) - CASA
