INCIDENT. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON WHOOPING COUGH CASES. IT’S ALSO KNOWN AS PERTUSSIS, AMID CONCERNS OF RISING CASES. SO LDH CONFIRMS THE TWO WHOOPING COUGH CASES ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Louisiana Legislative Auditors Office released an audit report on Monday, August 21, addressing the issue of Medicaid recipients who no longer live in Louisiana.

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Dr. Courtney N. Phillips, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, submitted her resignation, effective Thursday, April 6. Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Monday ...

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is an enzyme present in most body tissues. Normal LDH levels for adults are usually 140–280 units per liter (U/L) in the blood. LDH is involved in cellular respiration, ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Louisiana Department of Health is trying to recoup nearly $10 million it mistakenly paid on behalf of deceased Medicaid recipients. The mistakes were discovered by the ...

NEW ORLEANS — For the first time ever, The Louisiana Department of Health has released the grades for water systems across the state. So, does your water make the grade? The LDH oversees about 1,200 ...

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) Secretary Courtney Phillips released the Department’s first business plan in almost a decade. Ttitled Together: Building a Stronger LDH and a Healthier ...

October 1 marks the first day the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) officially administers the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This transition, made possible under the state’s ...

(KSLA) — The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has confirmed two cases of West Nile Virus in Northwest Louisiana. “This is really the month for it. We are starting to see an increase” in West Nile ...

Elevated white blood cell counts also appear to correlate with shorter overall survival in patients receiving standard induction chemotherapy plus cytarabine for acute myeloid leukemia. High serum ...