Louisiana plans to seek $1B from federal rural health fund, prioritizing digital medical records and tuition forgiveness for ...

The Louisiana Department of Health unveiled new initiatives to fight Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse and to address fatal overdoses during pregnancy at a press conference Monday. It was the first ...

Louisiana's health department seeks feedback from hospitals, health care providers, residents and others to address rural ...

Getty Images 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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In a memo sent across Louisiana to its health providers, Louisiana Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham says the state health department will no longer promote mass vaccinations. One ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Louisiana state health officials confirm that three more people have been infected with vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, in the past month. The Louisiana Department of ...

Unclear rules and inconsistent interpretations of federal and state COVID-19 vaccination rules leave families confused and ...

Bloodstream and wound infections are far more severe, causing “dangerously low” blood pressure, skin blisters, and ...

WELL, ALL NEW TODAY. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WILL NO LONGER BE PROMOTING MASS VACCINATION. LOUISIANA SURGEON GENERAL RALPH ABRAHAM URGED AN ORDERED STAFF TO JUST STOP PROMOTING IT AND ...

The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the fifth death from Vibrio vulnificus this year, with 26 cases reported so ...

Louisiana came out 49th overall on a range of health and environmental metrics, which means that the state faces intense and ...

A fifth person in Louisiana has died from Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters, the state's ...