The board unanimously withdrew one of two proposed isolation and quarantine plans at the department's meeting on Wednesday evening, Jan. 22.

All state administrative offices will reopen Friday, Louisiana Division of Administration Commissioner Taylor Barras announced.

Early this month, the state health department announced that a person in Louisiana died from the bird flu, also known as H5N1.

The advisory was set by Ascension Parish Homeland Security on Thursday afternoon after numerous plumbing line breaks within the parish.

The first case of bird flu was confirmed in New Orleans last week after the H5N1 virus was detected in a house cat on Jan. 14, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.  The ...

Residents in multiple areas in the Capital Region are being asked to boil their water before use. The Ascension Water Company ...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recovered $844,274 in back wages in connection with employee misclassification at home-based care organizations.

H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, and additional cases have been reported in domestic cats ...

A number of bird flu cases have been reported in the Chicago area in recent weeks, leading to many questions about how quickly the virus is spreading and how worried residents should be.

Here's when and where Robert F. Kennedy will get his first hearing as President Trump's nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awards $1 million in planning grants to 14 states for mental health and substance abuse care.

With the cold weather comes the risk of exposure to cold-related illnesses and injuries, so health officials gave KNOE tips ...