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

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

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

Louisiana, Missouri and Virginia this weekend reported their first measles cases of the year, not long after the Centers for ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outside expert panel will convene on Tuesday after a nearly two-month ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there has been an uptick in cases of whooping cough across the country.

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

Whooping cough cases are more than double those seen at the same time last year, with 8,064 cases recorded nationwide so far this year.