Doctors in Louisiana say more and more teenagers and pre-teens are getting diagnosed with pre-diabetes. The American Diabetes Association says over 500,000 people in Louisiana have been diagnosed with ...

What to know after Louisiana resident died in January. Public health experts share concerns that the H5N1 bird flu outbreak could turn into a pandemic. News Sports Life Things To Do Opinion ...

A new COVID-19 variant named "Nimbus" has been detected in the U.S. and is spreading rapidly. Here's what to know about ...

The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, with a total of 1,288 cases nationally and ...

"It's alarming to see that more young people are having strokes," Dr. Chintan Rupareliya in New Orleans said. Here's how to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention July 7 announced ( it is streamlining H5N1 bird flu updates with its routine ...

Opioids accounted for 86 percent of all drug overdose deaths in the state with the highest overdose mortality rate.

The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed Louisiana’s first human case of West Nile virus this year in an individual from Livingston Parish. The person was hospitalized due to complications from ...

Gov. Jeff Landry and U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed a Louisiana bill tied to a national health initiative known as Make America Healthy Again (MAHA).