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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

According to the Louisiana Department of Health, there were 57 cases in humans statewide in 2024. Three people died.

By comparison, the U.S. recorded 285 cases all of last year, CDC data showed. This marks the highest number of cases since 1992. The previous high occurred in 2019 when the U.S. reported 1,274 cases.

Louisiana will get $412,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remove lead pipes for schools ...

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy is calling for a meeting of the Advisory Council on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, which is ...