Former Louisiana Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham was sworn-in Monday by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced a new California-led public health initiative, tapping former U.S. Centers for Disease ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - New CDC data shows Louisiana is among the top states experiencing a rise in flu cases this season. Dr. Charles Sasser said he is seeing more flu cases than usual around the ...

Now, they’re adding whooping cough to the list, even as cases of the disease surge, killing at least ten babies over the past ...

Louisiana has the second-highest rate of gun-related deaths in the U.S., with a total of 1,261 deaths involving a firearm ...

Researchers found that Covid vaccines reduced the risk of emergency room and urgent care visits by 56% to 76%. Some federal ...

Ralph Abraham, Surgeon General of the State of Louisiana in the United States, will serve as Assistant Director of the U.S.

Strokes were the fifth leading cause of death in the United States in 2022, and one Louisiana parish ranks among the highest ...

A Michigan man died of rabies months after receiving a transplanted kidney from someone who unknowingly had contracted the ...

Louisiana has a new face of public health, but unfortunately, it looks like more of the same. Gov. Jeff Landry appointed Dr.

The U.S. is seeing a post-Thanksgiving spike in influenza, data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on ...

CDC warns of deadly New World screwworm near US-Mexico border, posing a serious threat to livestock and humans. Stay alert!