Dr. Evelyn Griffin of Baton Rouge, a vaccine skeptic on the CDC panel that recommends immunization policy, has been named ...

An informational brief on Louisiana’s WIC program was created for lawmakers, outlining what it is and how many participate.

One inmate remains on the run after a group of three removed mortar and concrete blocks from a jail wall in St. Landry Parish ...

An expert with the Louisiana Opioid Surveillance Program says that the decrease in deaths coincides with an increase in ...

A corner of Arkansas best known as home to Walmart headquarters has emerged as a little-known hot spot in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown.

LSU Health Shreveport opens Louisiana’s first hybrid Doctor of Physical Therapy program in Lafayette. Here's what it means ...

As Louisiana braces for sudden holiday cold fronts, experts outline essential steps to protect pets and livestock from ...

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy's vociferous opposition to the nation’s tightening vaccination policies is becoming more pointed, ...

By: Julie O'Donoghue Louisiana Illuminator Louisiana lawmakers signed off on one-year extensions to the state’s six biggest ...

State health officials want to set stricter rules for reusing shells in certain seafood dishes, which they say can risk ...

It has been reported that, under the ardent anti-vax Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has named Lousiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham as its new ...

Dr. Ralph Abraham, a former congressman and Louisiana’s surgeon general in 2024, discretely began his position as the CDC’s principal deputy director on Nov. 23, according to the agency’s internal ...