public health

State lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to extend the law this year to cover the intentional exposure of other sexually transmitted infections.

Louisiana women had more abortions last year despite the state’s near-total ban, according to new data released three years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

After a long legislative session, we hear about the bills that passed and the ones that didn’t. We also hear why some judges are incentivized to approve tenant evictions and discuss a new Pennington Biomedical Research initiative to reduce childhood obesity in Louisiana.

Now Gov. Jeff Landry is threatening to call a special session to try to pass the tougher bill, which CVS says could force it to close some of its 120 drug stores in Louisiana.

Louisiana lawmakers concluded their 2025 legislative session on Thursday by passing the state’s $51 billion budget.

A New York doctor was indicted alongside a Louisiana mother who allegedly received the mailed package and gave the pills prescribed by the physician to her minor daughter.

A Louisiana House committee shelved a bill Wednesday (May 7) that would have made it illegal for someone to “intentionally” expose another person to an “incurable” sexually transmitted disease after steep concerns that criminalization could worsen the state’s proliferating STD rates.

Louisiana’s deadly whooping cough outbreak continues to surge, and it’s doing the most harm to children under the age of 1.

The health department also plans to review Medicaid patients’ driver’s licenses and use AI to reduce waste and fraud in health care spending, officials said.

Gov. Jeff Landry has appointed Bruce Greenstein, the health secretary under former Gov. Bobby Jindal, to help lead Louisiana’s Department of Health.