Despite concerns surrounding the proposed federal healthcare legislation, no rural hospitals in Louisiana have closed, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (KALB) - The Louisiana House Committee on Appropriations convened a hearing on Friday, August 30, to discuss slashing the Louisiana Department of Health’s (LDH) budget to close ...

Louisiana Department of Health officials have drawn up a proposal for cutting the agency’s spending of state funds by $105 million in anticipation of a projected $340 million state budget ...

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

According to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, uncorrected critical violations are more likely to contribute to food contamination or illness.

The department’s response that the call was not recorded came after the WAFB I-TEAM submitted a public records request for the video. Neither department has been willing to disclose what racial slur ...

Dr. Pete Croughan, Louisiana Department of Health Deputy Secretary, speaks during a press conference, Monday, April 21, 2025, at the Louisiana Department of Health in Baton Rouge, La.

LOUISIANA, USA — In an article published to NPR.org Friday morning, four Louisiana Department of Health employees recount meetings this fall, in which they claim higher-ups told them to stop ...

The state health department has created a “Fighting Fraud, Waste and Abuse” task force to detect wrongdoing within Medicaid, Undersecretary Drew Maranto said.

La. (KPLC) - The Louisiana Department of Health has released the 2024 grades for drinking water in Louisiana. According to LDH, the letter grades are based on seven standards for evaluating a water ...