Halle Parker (Verite News)

A climate group led by Al Gore has expanded a new modeling tool to visualize the often-invisible health threat.

Extended heatwaves in New Orleans have been tied to spikes in domestic violence-related calls, according to a new, robust peer-reviewed study.

State lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to extend the law this year to cover the intentional exposure of other sexually transmitted infections.

A Louisiana House committee shelved a bill Wednesday (May 7) that would have made it illegal for someone to “intentionally” expose another person to an “incurable” sexually transmitted disease after steep concerns that criminalization could worsen the state’s proliferating STD rates.

This year, the United States has recorded more measles cases to date than it’s seen since the highly contagious virus was deemed eliminated 25 years ago. And that includes two in Louisiana.