Among all the states in the United States, the Pelican State is the third-lowest in terms of life expectancy, per recent ...

Senate Bill 2, sponsored by Sen. Mike Fesi (R-Houma), would repeal the Louisiana Department of Health's water fluoridation ...

SB 2 proponents presented unfounded links between the levels of fluoride in drinking water and autism, low IQ and thyroid ...

The number of measles cases in the U.S. has risen to 884, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data ...

There have been 8,485 cases reported in 2025, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

On today’s episode of Louisiana Considered, we discuss federal funding cuts to state cultural programs and HIV prevention. We ...

Illinois health officials reported the state’s first case of measles of the year Wednesday, though much of the measles cases ...

P)resident Trump's Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he will ask the CDC to stop recommending fluoridation of water ...

Whooping cough is also known as pertussis and is spread from person to person through the air when someone coughs or sneezes, ...

Sociologists who examined the CDC data said it reflects women who delayed having children in their 20s and chose to do so in ...