Gee was interviewed by 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi as part of Sunday's report on maternal mortality rates in the United States. According to the World Health Organization, the U.S. has ...

The analysis ranked Louisiana 37th among all states for women’s health care, a significant bump up from where Louisiana typically falls for health care measures. United Health Rankings, for ...

Louisiana, Gulf States receive F rating in the March of Dimes’ 2021 report on maternal health WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Elana Klein Published November 17, 2021 at 12:40 PM CST ...

The Louisiana Department of Health headquarters located at 628 N. 4th St. in ... The number of reported combined cases of the three STDs reached an all-time high in the United States in 2018, ...

Just as the 2024 Carnival season is getting started, Louisiana hospitals are overwhelmed with flu and COVID-19 patients and cases are still rising, health officials say.

Communities across the United States have long added fluoride to their water to prevent tooth decay. Dental and other health groups have called for continuing this practice.

The Louisiana Department of Health “will no longer promote mass vaccination” according to a Thursday memo written by the state’s top health official and obtained by The Associated Press.

As of Dec. 13, 2024, 60 confirmed human cases of H5N1 have been reported across the United States, with the majority linked to exposure to infected poultry or dairy cows, according to LDH.

Louisiana residents with employer-provided health insurance pay some of the highest premiums in the nation, the report states. The average single employee pays $1,740 per year (the sixth highest ...

Health officials say there has been no human-to-human virus transmission in the United States to date.While the current public health risk for the general public is low, people who work with birds ...

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana Department of Health “will no longer promote mass vaccination” according to a Thursday memo written by the state's top health official and obtained by The ...