public health

Due to the current surge of cases of the delta variant of COVID-19, Louisiana is dangerously low on intensive care unit beds, according to the latest data on COVID-19 from the state's health department.

Data acquired from the Louisiana Department of Health and the Alabama Department of Public Health show that the average number of screenings for new HIV infections went down significantly between 2019 and 2020. Health experts worry that it will only make the region’s HIV/AIDS worse.

Amid a fourth wave of COVID cases and hospitalizations, vaccination rates are increasing across the gulf states. Why now?

The highly contagious delta variant is now the dominant strain of the coronavirus in Louisiana and is responsible for the state’s recent rise in cases, health officials said Thursday.

Louisiana may dial back some coronavirus restrictions beginning next week in response to the state’s improving health trends, Gov. John Bel Edwards said...

Gov. John Bel Edwards extended his modified Phase 2 coronavirus restrictions Tuesday through March 3, despite the state’s recent improvement in some…

Another 102 Louisiana pharmacies will receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine this week, making it available in 209 drug stores and in all 64 parishes, the…

The Louisiana Department of Health is asking hospitals with excess COVID-19 vaccine doses to begin administering them to patients who fit into the Tier 1B…

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Thursday that an additional 640,000 Louisianans will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines when the state enters the next…