Louisiana legislators passed SB14, a bill that aligns with the "Make America Healthy Again" initiative. See the nutrition and ...

AARP called on Gov. Jeff Landry to veto the bill, saying "vulnerable older adults...have lost their ability to seek justice ...

The Louisiana Department of Health covered $103 million in ineligible Medicaid costs according to a newly-released audit ...

Various proposals had floated in the U.S. House that could have severely affected the state's health care system.

Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval to legislation Tuesday to limit the amount of money nursing home residents and their ...

Forced pregnancy in young girls is not only a health risk—it is a multi-dimensional human rights issue. With the Louisiana ...

Proponents of the law argue that it doesn’t affect legal prescriptions of the medications, and the Louisiana Department of Health issued guidance for health-care providers in September seeking ...

But Tamika Thomas-Magee, a nurse and the director of clinical services at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, which operates health centers in Louisiana, said she believes the law is being used as a ...

First, they claim the law violates the right to equal protection by discriminating against patients and providers based on physical condition, under Article 1, Section 3 of the Louisiana ...

The new law in Louisiana could stop that ... Misoprostol especially has wide-ranging applications in reproductive health including for labor induction, to soften the cervix during surgical ...