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The week-long, free program gives medical professionals tools to provide trauma-informed care — and potentially help with prosecutions.
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As heat waves and heat domes become more intense, the idea of naming extreme heat as we do with other major disasters is gaining traction with some experts.
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Gov. Jeff Landry has signed a first-of-its-kind bill classifying classify two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances.
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Louisiana lawmakers have approved a first-of-its-kind bill that would classify two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances. The legislation now heads to Gov. Jeff Landry's desk.
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Lawmakers in the Senate passed a bill aimed at protecting access to in vitro fertilization in a near unanimous vote. They also gave final approval to a bill banning ranked-choice voting.
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Louisiana lawmakers advanced a bill to add mifepristone and misoprostol to the list of controlled substances in the state.
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Abortion rights advocates say the ban will likely force many to travel farther for abortion care and endure pregnancy and childbirth against their will.
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Only 10 states have not joined the federal program that expands Medicaid to people who are still in the "coverage gap" for health care
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Maia Szalavitz discusses harm reduction's effectiveness against drug addiction, how punitive policies can hurt people who need pain medication and more.
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Data from the Commonwealth Fund show that the quality of care people receive and their health outcomes worsened because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Despite a law meant to protect IVF in Alabama, patients and advocates worry the protections won’t hold — and warn of future attacks on reproductive rights.
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A new report estimates the public cost of underwriting U.S. plastics industry growth and the environmental violations that followed.