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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

The Louisiana Department of Health and Jefferson Parish Water Department issued a boil water advisory Wednesday for parts of ...

Hospital emergency rooms and ambulances continued to operate even as temperatures dropped and South Louisiana was blanketed ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning “federal censorship” of online speech. Some fear it will make social media more toxic.

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 ...