BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Baton Rouge man was convicted of wire fraud and unlawful monetary transactions for filing fake loan applications during the COVID-19 pandemic after a three-day ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — COVID-19 cases are on the rise, and a new strain might hit harder than before. “We’ve always had a challenge here in Louisiana with COVID, even since the inception ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Senators grilled the country’s top health official Thursday on Capitol Hill, demanding ...

Louisiana is experiencing the biggest surge of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, and the Houma-Thibodaux area is no exception. Dr. Chip Riggins, regional administrator of the ...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has appointed a Baton Rouge physician to the committee that recommends vaccination policies to the federal government — and she has repeatedly ...

A Baton Rouge judge sided with Gov. John Bel Edwards Thursday, blocking a petition filed by Republican state lawmakers attempting to end the current public health emergency and lift the governor’s ...

After weeks of confusion about access to the latest COVID-19 vaccine and murky guidance from federal officials, Louisiana residents should now find it much easier to get a shot. Pharmacies and clinics ...

Senators grilled the country's top health official Thursday on Capitol Hill, demanding answers to questions about public health leadership shakeups and debunked stances on vaccines. People who want ...