South Mississippi was under a heat advisory on Monday, with temperatures in the mid-90s and a heat index of 110.

While the menhaden industry is touting the findings with regard to redfish mortality from the LGL Ecological Research Associates menhaden bycatch study, conservation folks say the number of dead redfi ...

Doctors in Louisiana say more and more teenagers and pre-teens are getting diagnosed with pre-diabetes. The American Diabetes Association says over 500,000 people in Louisiana have been diagnosed with ...

Opioids accounted for 86 percent of all drug overdose deaths in the state with the highest overdose mortality rate.

The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, and the year is only half over.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday tallied the highest number of US measles cases since the ...

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

According to a state audit, hotel tax revenues that support some Louisiana sports facilities, such as the Caesars Superdome, were down last year.

More American children and teens die from firearms than any other cause, but there are more deaths — and wider racial ...

A Texas health care provider billed $2,532 for one boy’s office visit and three vaccine shots. The MMRV shot alone was billed ...

While prices can vary, the CDC’s Vaccines for Children Program price list shows ... Please see our republishing guidelines for use of any other photos and graphics. The Louisiana Illuminator is an ...