Changes for three Louisiana agencies take effect starting Wednesday as part of Gov. Jeff Landry's initiative to streamline ...

SNAP is moving from DCFS to LDH today, but officials say recipients and applicants will experience no interruption of ...

Louisiana has doubled the number of domestic violence shelter beds in recent years by providing $7 million in additional state funding.

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 ...

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 ...

The Louisiana Department of Health is warning residents about an increase in a potentially deadly infection. According to LDH, there have been more cases and deaths recorded this year of Vibrio ...

Louisiana will have to replace the agency leader in charge of the largest budget in state government, as the state health department announced Thursday that its secretary, Michael Harrington, has ...

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

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 ...