Investigations of abuse and neglect by workers at care facilities can drag on for over a year, a new audit of the Louisiana Health Department shows. The delays can create safety risks for residents.

The LDH reported one winter weather-related death in the state this year—a 65-year-old man in Rapides Parish who died due to hypothermia—and advised people to stay inside during the extreme cold and to seek shelter if unhoused.

To help narrow the gap, the Louisiana Department of Health announced $15 million in funding for universities, technical colleges and health care systems (including hospitals, agencies and hospitals) for programs that train future health care professionals.

Here's when and where Robert F. Kennedy will get his first hearing as President Trump's nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services.

The Louisiana Department of Health has significant shortcomings in overseeing its adverse actions lists for Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs) and Direct Service Workers (DSWs), according to

The Louisiana Department of Health has implemented a new policy that bans promoting vaccines even though Louisiana is ranked #32.

Hospital emergency rooms and ambulances continued to operate even as temperatures dropped and South Louisiana was blanketed with the most snow it has seen in decades.

Louisiana’s new law that requires that imported seafood be clearly labeled on packaging and menus will start to be enforced by the Louisiana Department of Health.

Residents in multiple areas in the Capital Region are being asked to boil their water before use. The Ascension Water Company issued a boil advisory on Thursday, Jan. 23, for Burnside, Darrow, Hillaryville,

Winter weather across Southeast Louisiana parishes prompted boil water advisories and conservation notices due to impacted water systems.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awards $1 million in planning grants to 14 states for mental health and substance abuse care.

A series of rescues were staged in the Louisiana wilderness after duck hunters defied warnings and set out during a rare coastal snowstorm, state officials said. Five rescues were made in the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area at the mouth of the Mississippi River,