There has been an uptick in influenza-like illness in Acadiana and your doctor is no exception. Across the US, Louisiana ...

The recent detections in Concordia, St. Landry and Tangipahoa parishes are linked to trace outs from a captive CWD positive ...

Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been detected in Canada geese in Jefferson County — now one of 10 Kentucky ...

Health officials closed oyster harvesting Area 3–east of Lake Borgne and north of Eloi Bay, including the Chandeleur Islands and surrounding marshes–and issued a recall, which affects all shucked, ...

It feels like everyone is sick right now. And while that is a slight exaggeration, the real situation isn’t too sunny either.

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023. That's according to federal health data released Wednesday.

One of Los Angeles' largest community clinics lost a CDC grant supporting services for transgender people as a result of ...

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy made up his mind on his vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of Health and ...

The map of flu activity across the United States continues to darken, both figuratively and literally, as case numbers spike upward in most states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

A large outbreak of tuberculosis has been reported in Kansas; is tuberculosis a public health concern in Louisiana? Find out here.

In 2023, the 10 leading causes of death remained the same as in 2022. The top leading cause in 2023 was heart disease, followed by cancer and unintentional injuries, according to the Centers for ...