BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry makes remarks aimed at Sen. Bill Cassidy after the senator suggests that the Louisiana surgeon general write a generic COVID vaccine ...

Anyone looking for a COVID shot for themselves or their kids in Louisiana is facing a new maze of pharmacy restrictions after changing federal guidance on the vaccine. Large chain pharmacies, ...

Flu and respiratory illness activity hits its peak across the country and Louisiana is reporting very high and increasing ...

A group of high-level managers at the Louisiana Department of Health walked into a Nov. 14 meeting in Baton Rouge expecting to talk about outreach and community events. Instead, they were told by an ...

As state health officials scale back their public promotion of flu and COVID shots, federal data show that Louisiana's vaccination rates are lower than much of the country. According to mid-December ...

Louisiana’s health department has been barred from advertising or promoting vaccines for flu, COVID-19, and mpox, according to reporting by NPR, KFF Health News, and New Orleans Public Radio WWNO.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Congressman Clay Higgins, a Republican from Lafayette, said he wants to block future federal funding to the New Orleans Health Department following its promotion of updated ...

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham supports a bill to make ivermectin available over-the-counter. Abraham argues that "off-label" drug use is common practice and that ivermectin access should be ...

The second-highest ranking official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be Dr. Ralph Abraham, the head of Louisiana's health department. This story was produced in partnership with ...