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

Some Louisiana residents' short-term benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program were rolled back after the White House announced it would fund some benefits following a judge's ...

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 ...

Flu vaccines offer protection from a handful of strains that scientists expect will dominate the season.

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, ...

TRY AND END THE STALEMATE. AND TONIGHT, SOME LOUISIANA RESIDENTS ARE ONCE AGAIN SEEING CHANGES TO THEIR FOOD ASSISTANCE BENEFITS AS THE STATE ANNOUNCED IT’S ROLLING BACK FUNDING. YEAH, AND THE ...

The Louisiana Department of Health will no longer promote mass vaccinations, a decision that has sparked concern among health professionals. Critics argue that this move could lead to a resurgence of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The anti-vaccine movement, long a coalition that existed on the political fringes, is witnessing a remarkable inflection point. First, pandemic-era anxiety gave activists, along with other science ...

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 ...

The government shutdown has officially ended and federal SNAP benefits are expected to be sent out in full. Here's what to ...