Louisiana beaches are under advisory and one is fully closed after health officials found higher than normal levels of ...

While federal law requires publicly disclosed monitoring of major pollutants, fence-line communities in Louisiana have long ...

A new project called Project M.O.M. launched within the Louisiana Department of Health seeks to reduce maternal overdose death rates.

Bills making their way through the state Legislature align with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s "MAHA” agenda, which ...

In Louisiana, individuals can receive a prescription for medical marijuana, but can you grow your own cannabis? Here's what state law says.

The bill is part of a broader effort to curb waste and fraud in the program, which provides health coverage to more than 1.8 ...

As summer approaches, the Louisiana Department of Health is reminding residents about the importance of water safety measures ...

We've got details on Louisiana's beach advisories, as well as links so you can check the health of beaches in Mississippi, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Only two of the 10 New Orleans jail escapees remain on the run Tuesday after police captured two men ...

Here’s a look at the life of former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. Personal Birth date: June 10, 1971 Birth place: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Birth name: Piyush Jindal Father: Amar Jindal, engineer ...

A Louisiana jail inmate who escaped from a parish jail about a year ago has accomplished the same feat again, authorities ...

The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division is starting the process of closing investigations into police departments across the country, including the Oklahoma City Police Department.