SB 2 proponents presented unfounded links between the levels of fluoride in drinking water and autism, low IQ and thyroid ...

Whooping cough is also known as pertussis and is spread from person to person through the air when someone coughs or sneezes, ...

In 2019, there was a total of 1,274 reported cases, CDC data shows. If the U.S. surpasses this figure, it would lead to the ...

The consequences of the Trump administration’s purge of thousands of federal workers from the Department of Health and Human Services on April 1 are so enormous, they can be difficult to grasp.

On today’s episode of Louisiana Considered, we discuss federal funding cuts to state cultural programs and HIV prevention. We ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outside expert panel will convene on Tuesday after a nearly two-month ...

Kennedy’s influence is already being felt. In addition to the Utah law and Louisiana’s proposal, the CDC’s 20-person oral health division—which helped administer grants related to fluoridation—was ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - For decades, measles was considered a disease of the past. However, with hundreds of measles cases ...

Republican Bill Cassidy, a U.S. senator and physician from Louisiana, said Kennedy had promised to honor decisions by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.

CDC employees — including the ... Senator Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican who chairs the Senate's health committee, said earlier this week that he looks forward to meeting with the ...

Among all the states in the United States, the Pelican State is the third-lowest in terms of life expectancy, per recent ...

The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday announced sweeping cuts in several federal health agencies.