Actions by a vaccine advisory panel picked by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are putting Bill Cassidy’s reputation in a precarious ...

An older person in Louisiana exposed to bird flu from a backyard flock is now hospitalized with a "severe" case of avian influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

The Louisiana Department of Health has reported the first human case of West Nile virus this mosquito season, with the ...

The case was reported in a person from Livingston Parish. The person was hospitalized due to complications from the infection.

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

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill have announced they are filing multiple lawsuits against CVS.

Health officials in Louisiana said Monday that an individual has died from the H5N1 bird flu. The death is the first reported among humans in the United States related to the virus.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers began their first meeting Wednesday under intense scrutiny ...

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