Louisiana’s health department says its Office of Public Health will now track all HIV, syphilis and hepatitis C test results. That includes cases where tests come back negative.
Political bickering between Louisiana's governor and attorney general over potential fallout from a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Act spilled into a House committee
On Tuesday, May 21, Governor John Bel Edwards issued an executive order launching the Protecting Health Coverage in Louisiana Task Force after efforts to have protections offered to Louisianans with preexisting conditions repealed.
An official with the Louisiana Medicaid MCO Association says technical glitches were to blame for the payment of $10 million in Medicaid claims that didn't adhere to a new state law requiring certain tracking numbers
House lawmakers are proposing to expand Louisiana's Medicaid program to include more children with disabilities whose parents make too much money to qualify under current eligibility criteria
Medical marijuana will soon be available to qualifying patients, despite recent roadblocks to access. The clinic will begin seeing patients Monday, May 20.
While major strides have been made in fighting cancer, a federal agency wants to ensure that women have important information about a breast characteristic that could increase cancer risk.
Louisiana's medical marijuana patients would be able to inhale cannabis, if senators agree to a proposal that won overwhelming support from lawmakers in the House
Scientists at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge have announced a new program they hope will help low-income moms during pregnancy.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has joined 43 other attorneys general, including Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, in a lawsuit against 20 of the country’s biggest generic drug manufacturers that claims there’s a “broad conspiracy to inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition,
About 150,000 enrollees can expect to receive Medicaid renewal letters from the Louisiana Department of Health. If they fail to respond by June 6 they’ll lose coverage.
On July 15, Walker Higgins, 37, Derek Dowell, 36, and Jean Aponte, 35, will represent Louisiana as they take on the most challenging race in the world.
The Louisiana Senate killed a bill Wednesday, May 8 that would have allowed voters to decide if feminine hygiene products and diapers should be exempt from state sales tax.
Lawmakers have broadened a proposal to legalize the growing of industrial hemp in Louisiana to also create a regulatory framework for CBD product sales
Some Louisiana inmates struggling with opioid addictions may soon find themselves sporting addiction fighting implants that haven't yet been approved by federal regulators
A proposal backed by vaccine critics that would require providers to give patients a list of information about vaccines before administering them was rejected by a House committee
The four chemicals studied, avobenzone, oxybenzone, ecamsule and octocrylene, are part of a dozen that the FDA recently said needed to be researched by manufacturers before they could be considered “generally regarded as safe and effective.
A proposal to enact tougher abortion prohibitions in Louisiana, banning the procedure as early as five or six weeks of pregnancy, has won the support of state senators
“There is not now, nor has there ever been, a legitimate link between MMR, the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine or any vaccination and autism,” said Dr. Billioux.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) announced Tuesday, December 18 that the Louisiana Office of Public Health is investigating an outbreak of Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections.
To spray or not to spray... the heated debate over mosquito control in parts of Livingston Parish ended when the proposal failed in the May 4 election.
The program will feature two-hour sessions twice a week on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. Enrollment is available on a first-come, first-served basis, with a $350 fee.
The 2019 Air Force Female Athlete of the Year award was presented Maj. Amy Natalini, director of headquarters 8th Air Force's commander's action group at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
Louisiana's first batch of medical marijuana won't reach the shelves by the mid-May deadline demanded by pharmacists and patients, but June could be a possibility
One car ride seven years ago changed Damare’s life. While driving a loved one home, he heard a commercial about a need for volunteers with the American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program.
If you step outside, you can start to hear the slight, annoying buzzing of those pesky mosquitoes that seemingly show up everywhere when it gets warm outside.
Collagen is one of the top selling supplements in the country, with some doctors even recommending it for joint pain and hair loss. But is it worth the money and does it work?
The Louisiana House’s health committee approved a bill Wednesday, May 1 that would loosen regulations on the state’s medical marijuana program so certain patients could use medical marijuana inhalers.
There have been reports of rare, but serious, injuries and deaths resulting from sleepwalking, sleep-driving and other complex behaviors by people who took the popular drugs. (Source: CNN)
A state senator’s controversial comments linking vaccines to abortion fetuses and autism had medical professionals reassuring the public that vaccines are safe.
Researchers said the growing threat is increasing the risk of life-saving medical procedures and making common diseases like tuberculosis nearly impossible to beat because of “alarming levels” of resistance to the drugs created to treat them.
Louisiana would follow other conservative states in seeking to ban abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically around the sixth week of pregnancy, under a bill that took its first steps in the Senate
The aesthetician running the spa was using unsafe practices that could spread infections like HIV and hepatitis B and C, according to health department officials.
While the idea of a stealthy bug literally spreading the kiss of death may be the thing of nightmares, specialists say it the bug’s feeding process that’s more worrisome than it’s bite.
The Louisiana Department of Health reported the first death related to an ongoing Hepatitis A outbreak across the state. East Baton Rouge Parish and Livingston Parish reported the highest number of cases for surrounding parishes.
A police raid on Cajun Cannabis in Lafayette sent a wave of anxiety through Louisiana’s growing CBD industry this week, but it appears the raid was an isolated incident.
The World Health Organization, the United Nations’ public health agency, has released its first set of guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep for children under the age of 5.
A number of advocates for medical marijuana celebrated Cannabis Day on Monday, April 22 by asking lawmakers to expand the state’s medical marijuana program.
Nearly two decades ago, the measles was declared eliminated in the United States, but there has been a recent upsurge of cases – including adults who thought they were already protected.
A local dad in Tuscaloosa is using a truck to raise awareness about autism. And the timing is just right because April is World autism awareness month.
