Louisiana will get $412,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remove lead pipes for schools ...

Cuts to a CDC program that investigates childhood lead poisoning. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, wanted to know how Monarez would protect the scientific work of the ACIP, which now ...

Congressional leaders celebrated the restored $20 million in previously frozen HIV prevention funds and surveillance programs ...

There have been 1,227 confirmed measles cases this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

It feels like you swallowed glass, and it’s now one of the most reported COVID symptoms in Louisiana. Here’s how to protect ...

California has already reported more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, a worrisome development that comes as the ...

According to the Louisiana Department of Health, there were 57 cases in humans statewide in 2024. Three people died.

In the two-hour hearing, Monarez was sharply questioned about Kennedy’s recent move to fire all 17 members of a crucial ...

A century ago, one of the biggest safety concerns about vaccines involved bacterial contamination. In 1916, four young children died in South Carolina after receiving typhoid vaccine that ...

Kennedy Jr. new panel of vaccine advisers will re-evaluate the recommended schedule for vaccines for children and teenagers, ...

Kennedy Jr.’s views on vaccines loomed over Susan Monarez’s Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday to be the next director of ...

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent move to replace a federal panel of vaccine advisers ...