BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Doctors in Louisiana say more and more teenagers and pre-teens are getting diagnosed with ...

Measles cases surge in 2025 with outbreaks in Louisiana and beyond, driven by low vaccination rates and international travel.

A new COVID-19 variant named "Nimbus" has been detected in the U.S. and is spreading rapidly. Here's what to know about symptoms and vaccines.

While the menhaden industry is touting the findings with regard to redfish mortality from the LGL Ecological Research Associates menhaden bycatch study, conservation folks say the number of dead redfi ...

The CDC said that testing of a person with a severe case of bird flu indicated the virus had mutated but the risk remains low to the public as no human-to-human transmission has been documented.

The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed Louisiana’s first human case of West Nile virus this year in an individual from Livingston Parish. The person was hospitalized due to complications from ...

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

Public health experts share concerns that the H5N1 bird flu outbreak could turn into a pandemic. What to know after Louisiana resident died in January.

RFK Jr. turned the CDC's vaccine committee into an anti-vaccine panel, but it still heard evidence that his campaign against ...

In the two-hour hearing, Monarez was sharply questioned about Kennedy’s recent move to fire all 17 members of a crucial committee that evaluates and recommends vaccines, his downplaying of the risks ...

The Senate HELP Committee narrowly advanced President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wednesday. The party-line vote split lawmakers on how confident ...

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