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National Guard to stay in New Orleans 6 more months

The federal deployment was supposed to end Feb. 28.

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The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="National Guard" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2026/02/25/national-guard-exits-new-orleans-federal-deployment" data-vars-content-id="a300a76c-7971-43c6-a701-75a4d99b6a72" data-vars-headline="National Guard to stay in New Orleans 6 more months" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2026/02/25/national-guard-exits-new-orleans-federal-deployment" target="_self">National Guard</a> isn&#x27;t leaving New Orleans anytime soon after Gov. Jeff Landry on Monday announced a six-month extension of the federal deployment.Why it matters: The move deepens federal involvement in local policing even as city leaders tout <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="significant drops in violent crime" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2026/01/06/violent-crime-murder-capital-improvement-statistics" data-vars-content-id="a300a76c-7971-43c6-a701-75a4d99b6a72" data-vars-headline="National Guard to stay in New Orleans 6 more months" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2026/01/06/violent-crime-murder-capital-improvement-statistics" target="_self">significant drops in violent crime</a>.

NASA's next lunar mission has deep New Orleans roots

Artemis II is scheduled to launch in April.

Aerospace

<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="New Orleans" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans" data-vars-content-id="cad93e16-eaac-4072-a86f-27dbdd5e7c21" data-vars-headline="NASA&#x27;s next lunar mission has deep New Orleans roots" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans" target="_self">New Orleans</a> built the backbone of NASA&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="next Moon mission" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2024/07/19/artemis-ii-core-stage-rocket-engine-moon-mission" data-vars-content-id="cad93e16-eaac-4072-a86f-27dbdd5e7c21" data-vars-headline="NASA&#x27;s next lunar mission has deep New Orleans roots" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2024/07/19/artemis-ii-core-stage-rocket-engine-moon-mission" target="_self">next Moon mission</a>.Why it matters: Artemis II will mark NASA&#x27;s first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years — and a major piece of the rocket was made in New Orleans East.

The best way to X-ray a hummingbird

The university treats about 1,400 wild animals a year.

Education

Ruby-throated hummingbirds will soon make their annual migration north from Mexico through Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states.Why it matters: Some will end up injured, and those that do might land at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine&#x27;s Wildlife Hospital — which just published new research showing the best way to identify fractures in these tiny birds.

Paul Rudd to film movie in New Orleans

Viola Davis is also filming in Louisiana.

Paul Rudd, Evan Peters, Amy Ryan and Paul Giamatti are filming a movie in New Orleans and Chalmette.The big picture: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are among the executive producers of the movie, called &quot;The Statement,&quot; <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Deadline reports" data-vars-click-url="https://deadline.com/2026/02/paul-rudd-evan-peters-tatiana-maslany-tom-mccarthy-new-film-1236736444/" data-vars-content-id="2fd16594-ff02-4b63-976a-b5852b6878d0" data-vars-headline="Paul Rudd to film movie in New Orleans" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://deadline.com/2026/02/paul-rudd-evan-peters-tatiana-maslany-tom-mccarthy-new-film-1236736444/" target="_blank">Deadline reports</a>.

Louisianans' life expectancy is lower than national average

Women in the state are living longer than men.

COVID

Louisianans have an average <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="life expectancy" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2024/08/21/life-expectancy-state-map" data-vars-content-id="73e3247d-0513-4d4f-8c43-4a78ad15139c" data-vars-headline="Louisianans&#x27; life expectancy is lower than national average" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2024/08/21/life-expectancy-state-map" target="_self">life expectancy</a> of 72.2 years, one of the worst in the country.The big picture: The U.S. average is 76.4 years as of 2021, per a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="analysis" data-vars-click-url="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-07.pdf" data-vars-content-id="73e3247d-0513-4d4f-8c43-4a78ad15139c" data-vars-headline="Louisianans&#x27; life expectancy is lower than national average" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-07.pdf" target="_blank">analysis</a>.

Louisiana is a COVID hotspot right now

COVID-19 cases have risen in the U.S. every summer since the pandemic began.

The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="summer&#x27;s COVID-19 wave" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2024/07/31/covid-summer-map" data-vars-content-id="c637ab4d-2085-4e0c-8d50-9ad417eba31e" data-vars-headline="Louisiana is a COVID hotspot right now" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2024/07/31/covid-summer-map" target="_self">summer&#x27;s COVID-19 wave</a> is <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="continuing" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2024/07/01/covid-is-on-the-rise-in-louisiana" data-vars-content-id="c637ab4d-2085-4e0c-8d50-9ad417eba31e" data-vars-headline="Louisiana is a COVID hotspot right now" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2024/07/01/covid-is-on-the-rise-in-louisiana" target="_self">continuing</a>, and Louisiana is one of the states with &quot;very high&quot; levels of virus activity, per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.Why it matters: Your cold may actually be COVID.

Louisiana's COVID hospitalization rates are above the national average

A new variant, EG.5 or Eris, is now the dominant form in the U.S.

<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="COVID-19 hospitalization rates" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/health" data-vars-content-id="b52c8d55-da84-49e8-aaac-a6da8848ca18" data-vars-headline="Louisiana&#x27;s COVID hospitalization rates are above the national average" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/health" target="_self">COVID-19 hospitalization rates</a> across Louisiana skyrocketed 66% between June and July amid signs of a late summer wave sweeping the country.Driving the news: Hospitalization rates are rising the fastest in Mississippi (+73% month over month), Alabama (+66%) and Louisiana.<ul><li>The average COVID hospitalization rate nationwide rose about 17% for the same time period, per the latest available CDC data.</li></ul>

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Louisianans' life expectancy is lower than national average

Louisiana is a COVID hotspot right now

Louisiana's COVID hospitalization rates are above the national average