The Louisiana Department of Health has ended all vaccine events and instructed staff not to encourage immunizations, according to an internal memo that was sent to staff Thursday and obtained by ...

The Louisiana Department of Health is encouraging residents to stay hydrated and in air-conditioned spaces during extreme ...

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 ...

Two bills pave the way for a system in which Louisianans will only need to visit one agency to access benefits, officials say ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Right now, Louisiana has some of the highest flu and respiratory virus activity in the nation, but if you look at the Louisiana Surgeon General’s latest social media ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Leaders from the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) encourage residents to get vaccinated as measles and whooping cough cases rise in the U.S. Newly ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services appears to have abruptly slashed over $55 million in grants to the Louisiana Department of Health, according to a review of the Department of ...

Proposal to include partial hospitalization services is moving forward, but only after lawmakers removed a key component to ...

according to the Louisiana Department of Health. August had the most deaths in the state with at 39 people. Heat rash including red, itchy bumps on the skin Heat cramps including painful muscle ...

On his first day on the job Monday, Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein announced the launch of two initiatives – one to target Medicaid fraud and another to reduce the number of ...

Louisiana is seeing a surge in whooping cough cases, particularly among children, according to state health officials. The Louisiana Department of Health identified 164 cases of pertussis, known ...