State health official to speak on Ebola preparedness at Press Club Nov. 3

Dr. Jimmy Guidry, State Health Officer of Louisiana and Department of Health and Hospitals Medical Director, will speak at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Nov. 3. He will talk about the state’s preparedness for Ebola. Press Club meets on Mondays in the Iberville Room at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, which is located at 102 France St. Parking is free in the garage off Mayflower Street. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.