Boil advisories have been issued in several Louisiana parishes following heavy snowfall, which caused plumbing line breaks and a drop in water pressure. According to the Ascension Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (OHSEP),

The LDH reported one winter weather-related death in the state this year—a 65-year-old man in Rapides Parish who died due to hypothermia—and advised people to stay inside during the extreme cold and to seek shelter if unhoused.

Investigations of abuse and neglect by workers at care facilities can drag on for over a year, a new audit of the Louisiana Health Department shows. The delays can create safety risks for residents.

To help narrow the gap, the Louisiana Department of Health announced $15 million in funding for universities, technical colleges and health care systems (including hospitals, agencies and hospitals) for programs that train future health care professionals.

Here's when and where Robert F. Kennedy will get his first hearing as President Trump's nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services.

The Louisiana Department of Health has significant shortcomings in overseeing its adverse actions lists for Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs) and Direct Service Workers (DSWs), according to

Hospital emergency rooms and ambulances continued to operate even as temperatures dropped and South Louisiana was blanketed with the most snow it has seen in decades.

The Louisiana Department of Health has implemented a new policy that bans promoting vaccines even though Louisiana is ranked #32.

Louisiana’s new law that requires that imported seafood be clearly labeled on packaging and menus will start to be enforced by the Louisiana Department of Health.

Early this month, the state health department announced that a person in Louisiana died from the bird flu, also known as H5N1.

The advisory was set by Ascension Parish Homeland Security on Thursday afternoon after numerous plumbing line breaks within the parish.

The first case of bird flu was confirmed in New Orleans last week after the H5N1 virus was detected in a house cat on Jan. 14, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.  The agriculture department listed the case among other instances where the virus has turned up in mammals since May 2022.