Gov. Jeff Landry appoints Drew Maranto as interim head of the Louisiana Department of Health following the retirement of ...

The U.S. measles outbreak so far has claimed the life of one child, and infected at least 222 people, 33 of whom were ...

Deborah Gurgel Smith of LSU Health Shreveport School of Allied Health Professions discusses ramifications of the State Health ...

Michael Harrington, the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, has retired, the agency announced Thursday afternoon ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB/LDH) - CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital and Rapides Regional Medical Center have once again been ...

Khalil — a Syrian-born Palestinian and permanent U.S. resident— has been locked up in the Central Louisiana ICE Processing ...

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F ... which is why many local governments have added fluoride ...

State residents who served in the military on a part-time basis could soon opt to live at Louisiana Veteran Homes locations, ...

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 ...

Louisiana is seeing an alarming rise in whooping cough cases, with the state’s Department of Health reporting two infant deaths within the last six months.

Two Louisiana State senators have proposed a Bill that would stop water districts from adding fluoride to drinking water.

The Louisiana Department of Health failed to properly oversee some $2.4 billion in Medicaid spending aimed at improving the health of the state’s neediest patients, according to a new report ...