A pause in communication is typical during a new administration’s transition. But some scientists fear that tying up NIH ...

Boil advisories have been issued in several Louisiana parishes following heavy snowfall, which caused plumbing line breaks and a drop in water pressure. According to the Ascension Parish Office of ...

All state administrative offices will reopen Friday, Louisiana Division of Administration Commissioner Taylor Barras announced.

Early this month, the state health department announced that a person in Louisiana died from the bird flu, also known as H5N1.

The advisory was set by Ascension Parish Homeland Security on Thursday afternoon after numerous plumbing line breaks within ...

The first case of bird flu was confirmed in New Orleans last week after the H5N1 virus was detected in a house cat on Jan. 14, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.  The ...

The boil-water advisory remains in effect for the areas from Belle Chasse to the Port Sulphur Water Plant. The Louisiana Department of Health, responsible for testing water samples after service is ...

A number of bird flu cases have been reported in the Chicago area in recent weeks, leading to many questions about how quickly the virus is spreading and how worried residents should be.

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

None of the farm workers who may have been exposed is currently ill, according to county health officials. The farm is currently under quarantine.

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The Louisiana Department of Health advises winter safety precautions ahead of winter freeze. LDH urges residents to prepare for extreme cold this week as a winter storm system ...