Health

Shreveport Public Assembly & Recreation (SPAR) Bill Cockrell Community offers Zumba classes on Monday and Thursday each week from 7:00 p.m. to 7:50 at the center located at 4109 Pines Road.

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So great to catch up with Mark Sorensen of First United Methodist Church who is on a mission to help improve conditions in Haiti.

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This year's rash of flu cases seems to have caused a shortage in the local blood supply. LifeShare Blood Centers spokeswoman Tina Hooper says since so many people have been sick, they aren't able to donate like they once did.

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The flu season has hit Shreveport-Bossier, but that doesn't mean you have to catch it. Here are some local hospitals, pharmacies and businesses offering flu shots to children and adults.

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LEESVILLE, La. – This year, set your alarm clock to go off a little earlier, slip on your sneakers before heading out and plan for your efforts to help a good cause as you celebrate Mardi Gras in downtown Leesville, Louisiana on February 9.

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Flu cases are on the rise in many states including Louisiana, and that's prompted the local American Red Cross chapter to do a couple of things.

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Panhandling -- begging for money. It goes on all the time all over the country but it's against the law in Shreveport.

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Former President George H.W. Bush has been moved to the intensive care unit at Methodist Hospital in Houston, due to a fever that is not responding to treatment.

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A spokesman says the fever that kept former President George H.W. Bush in the hospital over Christmas is gone.

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National Institutes of Health agrees to send 113 former research chimpanzees from New Iberia Research Center in Lafayette to Chimp Haven to retire.

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