Opioid overdose is the leading cause of maternal death in Louisiana. A new statewide effort aims to change that.

On April 21, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) announced the launch of Project M.O.M. (Maternal Overdose Mortality), a ...

The AI technology is being trained on national data and peer-reviewed publications that have identified fraud, and it will ...

The Louisiana Department of Health could soon use artificial intelligence to root out fraud, waste and abuse in the state’s Medicaid program, a sign of Elon Musk’s continuing influence on ...

REPORTING IN NEW ORL The Louisiana Department of Health has reported a high level of pertussis activity in the state. Health officials said the increase in pertussis, also known as whooping cough ...

After freezing $2.2 billion in funding, the Trump administration has also singled out Harvard in other key ways: It ...

(Louisiana Illuminator) – On his first day on the job Monday, Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein announced the launch of two initiatives – one to target Medicaid fraud ...

Senate Bill 2, sponsored by Sen. Mike Fesi (R-Houma), would repeal the Louisiana Department of Health’s water fluoridation program and explicitly ban the fluoridation of any public water system ...

A White House executive order called on the U.S. attorney general to determine whether former federal death row inmates “can ...

The Louisiana Department of Health could soon use artificial intelligence to root out fraud, waste and abuse in the state’s Medicaid program, a sign of Elon Musk’s continuing influence on ...

Currently, Louisiana law requires the Louisiana Department of Health to establish a water fluoridation program for public water systems with at least 5,000 service connections — with some ...