BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Doctors in Louisiana say more and more teenagers and pre-teens are getting diagnosed with ...

Measles cases surge in 2025 with outbreaks in Louisiana and beyond, driven by low vaccination rates and international travel.

The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed Louisiana’s first human case of West Nile virus this year in an individual from Livingston Parish. The person was hospitalized due to complications from ...

Opioids accounted for 86 percent of all drug overdose deaths in the state with the highest overdose mortality rate.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention July 7 announced ( it is streamlining H5N1 bird flu updates with its routine ...

In the two-hour hearing, Monarez was sharply questioned about Kennedy’s recent move to fire all 17 members of a crucial committee that evaluates and recommends vaccines, his downplaying of the risks ...

RFK Jr. turned the CDC's vaccine committee into an anti-vaccine panel, but it still heard evidence that his campaign against ...

The U.S. has hit an unwelcome milestone in measles cases this year. The CDC is reporting 1,288 cases across the country. The disease was declared eliminated 25 years ago.

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted on Thursday to recommend infants receive a newer monoclonal antibody shot for ...

According to the Louisiana Department of Health, there were 57 cases in humans statewide in 2024. Three people died.

Mosquito numbers peak every year during the summer months in Louisiana, and with more flying around, residents are at an increased risk for contracting West Nile virus. The Louisiana Department of ...

Louisiana will get $412,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remove lead pipes for schools ...