In Louisiana, people depend on Medicaid more than almost anywhere else in the country, with about one-third of the state ...

Before Louisiana expanded Medicaid in 2016, DePaul Community Health Centers served about 20,000 patients, regardless of their ...

Despite concerns surrounding the proposed federal healthcare legislation, no rural hospitals in Louisiana have closed, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Leaders from the Louisiana Department of Health encourage residents to get vaccinated as measles and whooping cough cases rise in the U.S.Newly reappointed ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Leaders from the Louisiana Department of Health, including new Secretary Bruce Greenstein, highlighted its priorities and new initiatives Monday afternoon.

Cassidy to vote against proposed cuts to Medicaid in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Cassidy voted in favor of the bill.

The state has counted more cases in the first four months of this year than in all of last year —164 so far compared to 153 cases in all of 2024, the Louisiana Department of Health said in a ...

According to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, uncorrected critical violations are more likely to contribute to food contamination or illness.

The state health department has created a “Fighting Fraud, Waste and Abuse” task force to detect wrongdoing within Medicaid, Undersecretary Drew Maranto said. The agency will partner with LA DOGE, ...

LOUISIANA — Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the first measles case in Louisiana in 2025 out of the Greater New Orleans area. LDH said the patient's exposure was linked to ...

Louisiana health department officials reported the state's first confirmed case of measles in 2025 on Saturday, joining 24 other states in the worst outbreak in decades.