A contagious new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is now dominant in the United States, CDC data show. What to ...

Doctors in Louisiana say more and more teenagers and pre-teens are getting diagnosed with pre-diabetes. The American Diabetes Association says over 500,000 people in Louisiana have been diagnosed with ...

The Louisiana Department of Health warned that whooping cough cases ... can spread from person to person once symptoms start and "for at least 2 weeks after coughing begins," according to the CDC.

Without CDC funding, more than 100,000 Louisiana residents at the highest risk for HIV would lose access to essential testing, the memo states. Public Health DOGE website shows $55M in cuts to ...

The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, with a total of 1,288 cases nationally and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention July 7 announced ( it is streamlining H5N1 bird flu updates with its routine ...

Opioids accounted for 86 percent of all drug overdose deaths in the state with the highest overdose mortality rate.

Louisiana will get $412,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remove lead pipes for schools ...

The number of measles cases in the United States has surpassed 2019's wave of infections, according to Centers for Disease ...