Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph L. Abraham, M.D., has been appointed as deputy director of the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The patient, who was exposed to non-commercial backyard flock ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Local doctors are warning of what could be the most contagious flu season in recent memory, as this year ...

The Louisiana Department of Health said it will cease the use of media campaigns or health fairs to promote vaccination against preventable illnesses. Dr. Ralph Abraham, Louisiana’s surgeon general, ...

THE COUNTRY. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS NOW DETECTED THE FIRST POSSIBLE HUMAN CASE OF BIRD FLU IN THE SOUTHWESTERN REGION OF OUR STATE. SO THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS PARTNERING WITH THE CDC ...

A patient who was hospitalized with the first human case of pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, in Louisiana and the United States has died. According to the Louisiana Department of Health, the ...

Abraham ordered the Louisiana health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations during an uptick in influenza cases last winter.

FOR DECADES. WE ALSO HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS COMING IN. THE CDC HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE FIRST SEVERE HUMAN CASE OF BIRD FLU HAS BEEN FOUND IN LOUISIANA TODAY. THEY SAY THE PERSON WHO CONTRACTED THE ...

A group of high-level managers at the Louisiana Department of Health walked into a Nov. 14 meeting in Baton Rouge expecting to talk about outreach and community events. Instead, they were told by an ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana Department of Health “will no longer promote mass vaccination” according to a Thursday memo written by the state’s top health official and obtained by The Associated ...

Women in Louisiana have decent access to preventative care and still face some of the worst health outcomes in the United States, according to a new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund. The group, a ...

When you want to move somewhere where the cost of living is low, you might be inclined to choose Louisiana. The state boasts some of the lowest costs on housing and general goods. (Plus, you'll be in ...