Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has urged the U.S. Senate — including specifically Sen. Bill Cassidy, a fellow Republican from Louisiana — to support Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed two winter weather-related deaths Friday afternoon after a winter storm this week.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, has a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday — and Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy,

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.

Louisiana's seafood industry is gearing up for a major shift as the state's new labeling law takes effect. The Louisiana Department of Health is set to

The coroners in each parish designated both deaths as weather-related. The hypothermia death is the second one in Louisiana this year. On Jan. 9, the health department reported a 65-year-old Rapides Parish man died from exposure to winter weather conditions.

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

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.

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.

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.

President Trump ordered a “blackout” for federal health agencies, which bans them from publishing external communication, but this cut-off could leave health care professionals and the public unable to appropriately respond to the increasing spread of bird flu.

As more cases of bird flu emerge across the country, public health leaders in New York City are watching warily -- and making preparations in case the virus becomes a more immediate threat.