LCMC Health broke ground on an inpatient behavioral health unit at New Orleans East Hospital — the campus’s first inpatient psychiatric beds — aimed at keeping care closer to eastern neighborhoods.

A Tulane Newcomb Institute report says investing in maternal, rural and safety‑net health services could slow Louisiana's outmigration and strengthen the economy.

Louisiana will distribute up to 250,000 free at‑home taste‑based immune test kits to residents 13+, aiming to boost prevention and produce public‑health data.

A Metairie veteran says he nearly died from flea‑borne typhus as Louisiana reports 17 cases and two deaths since early 2025.

Mosquito samples from New Orleans’ East Bank tested positive for West Nile virus. City officials have scheduled helicopter spraying across several neighborhoods and urged residents to take protections.

Hospitals across southern Louisiana and Mississippi are using blood faster than donations arrive; The Blood Center is extending hours and adding drives to rebuild supplies.

Lecanemab and donanemab can modestly slow early Alzheimer's, but Louisiana faces barriers to testing, monitoring and access.

A Metairie native received an FDA‑approved gene therapy at Manning Family Children’s, becoming the first patient in Louisiana to undergo the treatment.

LDH confirmed Louisiana’s first measles case of 2026 in a Kenner child exposed during travel; shoppers at a Target and Walmart on Esplanade Ave. on Friday may have been exposed.

Buck moth caterpillars are turning up under New Orleans oaks and leaving festivalgoers with painful stings. Medical and entomology experts explain treatment and precautions.

A Senate committee advanced SB433 to let Louisiana Medicaid cover GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs, promising access but triggering concern over big state costs.

Gov. Jeff Landry signed an order creating an Office of Rural Health Transformation to steer a Year‑One federal award of roughly $208 million toward workforce, telehealth and hospital stabilization in rural parishes.

Louisiana ranks as the second‑cheapest state for childbirth, with in‑network deliveries averaging under $9,000. The state’s LaMOMS Medicaid program helps reduce costs for many families.