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Louisiana lawmakers advanced a bill to add mifepristone and misoprostol to the list of controlled substances in the state.
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Abortion rights advocates say the ban will likely force many to travel farther for abortion care and endure pregnancy and childbirth against their will.
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Despite a law meant to protect IVF in Alabama, patients and advocates worry the protections won’t hold — and warn of future attacks on reproductive rights.
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A new report estimates the public cost of underwriting U.S. plastics industry growth and the environmental violations that followed.
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A troubling new report from Louisiana shows how the state's abortion ban from 2022 is forcing doctors to delay or withhold medical care in ways that make pregnancy more dangerous.
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Two Baton Rouge advocates for abortion rights will attend the State of the Union Address Thursday night in Washington, D.C.
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The legislation mirrors bills filed in other states that counter a national conservative movement to revoke access to birth control and other reproductive health care.
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Losing his brother to an overdose inspired Jacob Bassin to arm his fellow medical students with free doses of Narcan and train them on how to use it.
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A lawyer representing the families of five transgender youth says the ban violates equal protection rights under the Louisiana Constitution.
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A lawsuit to block enforcement of Louisiana's new ban on transgender health care procedures for anyone under 18 was announced Monday by LGBTQ+ advocates.
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Louisiana has very high flu activity. There is high activity in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New Mexico and South Carolina and the District of Columbia.
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The loss of specialized doctors due to the influx of anti-LGBTQ laws is the latest blow to a region already dealing with a shortage of health care providers.
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CrescentCare, New Orleans best-known health care provider for the LGBTQ+ community, ran out of monkeypox vaccine doses Tuesday and doesn’t know when it will receive more.
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Children as young as 6 months old will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Louisiana this week, just days after federal agencies approved and authorized the shot for the youngest age group.
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The NAACP’s and SPLC’s federal complaint claims that Mississippi didn’t equitably spend its federal COVID-19 relief funds, leaving out communities of color.
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The Louisiana Department of Health will no longer require the state’s day care, K-12 and college students to get the COVID-19 vaccine starting in the 2022-23 school year, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced during a radio program on Wednesday.
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The announcements come after a federal judge voided a nationwide mask mandate for public transportation on Monday.
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Owners of restaurants, bars, gyms and movie theaters across New Orleans breathed a collective sigh of relief Monday after the Mayor LaToya Cantrell administration lifted its vaccine mandate.
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New Orleans’ public schools will no longer report COVID-19 cases to the district’s central office, though state reporting will continue, officials said Monday.
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On the two-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, take a look back at the Gulf States Newsroom’s coverage of the infectious disease’s impact on the Gulf South region.
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Just one day after Fat Tuesday, city officials announced that the the indoor mask mandate will be lifted in New Orleans due to falling COVID-19 numbers. The announcement also comes after AG Jeff Landry subpoenaed city officials in challenge over the city's COVID rules.
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New Orleans is in full celebration mode with Mardi Gras just days away, but where does COVID fit into the equation? The city’s health director has answers.