The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention July 7 announced ( it is streamlining H5N1 bird flu updates with its routine ...

An older person in Louisiana exposed to bird flu from a backyard flock is now hospitalized with a "severe" case of avian influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday ...

A patient in Louisiana with a severe case of the bird flu has died. Mutations in the virus are deepening concerns about the spread of H5N1.

Actions by a vaccine advisory panel picked by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are putting Bill Cassidy’s reputation in a precarious ...

Health officials in Louisiana said Monday that an individual has died from the H5N1 bird flu. The death is the first reported among humans in the United States related to the virus.

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Gov. Jeff Landry endorsed legislation Friday to “Make American Healthy Again” with the nation’s controversial top health official at his side for the bill signing ceremony. U.S. Health ...

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has confirmed Louisiana’s first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) of the 2025 ...

Health experts urged residents in Louisiana to take precautions against mosquito bites as they enjoy Fourth of July ...

The Supreme Court ordered further arguments over Louisiana's congressional map that created a second majority-Black district.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry is traveling to the International Paris Air Show with Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois.