Louisiana Department of Health

Another child has been reported dead from COVID-19 in Louisiana on Monday, the second confirmed fatality in just a handful of days, even as the highly transmissible fourth surge begins to slow.

Theresa Sokol has barely taken a day off since the pandemic began. She’s Louisiana’s Acting State Epidemiologist. In this first-person oral history from…

Dr. Alex Billioux, Louisiana’s assistant secretary of health for the Office of Public Health and a key leader in the response to the coronavirus pandemic,…

Louisiana health officials are reporting a third vaping-related death since August 2019, the first this year.The news comes as the number of…

Louisiana isn't usually considered a trailblazer when it comes to public health policy, but the state's novel plan to treat and cure the vast majority of…