WASHINGTON — Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy asked Thursday that health chief nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. put aside his decades-old questioning of vaccinations and promote immunizations should he be con

The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed two winter weather-related deaths Friday afternoon after a winter storm this week.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has urged the U.S. Senate — including specifically Sen. Bill Cassidy, a fellow Republican from Louisiana — to support Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Louisiana ranks as the second-worst state in 2025 for mental health. Soliant Health researchers ranked all 50 U.S. states in a study. It examined their mental and physical health, jobs, and access to healthy food.

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.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, has a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday — and Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy,

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) urges residents to prepare for extreme cold next week as a winter storm system brings freezing temperatures and the possibility

The Center Square Louisiana’s seafood industry is gearing up for a major shift as the state’s new labeling law takes effect. The Louisiana Department of Health is set to enforce Act 372, which mandates clear labeling for imported shrimp,

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

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Gov. Jeff Landry will be giving an update Tuesday about the severe winter weather that brought heavy snow to the state. Landry will be joined by leaders of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP), Louisiana State Police and the Department of Transportation and Development.

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 rare winter storm that brought record freezing temperature and snowfall in Louisiana caused at least two deaths.