One executive order that President Donald Trump signed during his first week in office was the withdrawal of the U.S. from ...

The newly reported H5N9 strain was found Monday at a duck farm in Merced County, California, according to the World ...

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the World Health Organization means the U.N. agency is losing its biggest funder.

A memo to senior leaders at the CDC told them that all staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their collaborations ...

New research from Tulane University has identified a unique genetic signature in bacteria that can predict their likelihood of developing antibiotic resistance, a finding that can help quickly ...

The World Health Organization recommends a C-section rate between 10% and 15%. In Louisiana in 2023, 36.1% of live births ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Jennifer Avegno, director of the New Orleans Health Department, about a new map created to ...

The case of the Canadian teen and the death of a Louisiana man are stark reminders of bird flu’s capacity to ignite serious ...

The U.S. has reported its first death due to bird flu, aka H5N1. How deadly is H5N1? Experts discuss bird flu fatality rate ...

President Joe Biden's outgoing administration on Thursday announced $211 million in new funding to develop mRNA vaccines against emerging biothreats and said it was accelerating bird flu testing, as ...

and the Council for a Better Louisiana (CABL) have officially merged to form a new, unified organization: Leaders for a Better Louisiana. The two well-established organizations, which have long ...