Louisiana

Two infants have died from a vaccine-preventable disease in Louisiana — just after the surgeon general said he would no longer promote mass vaccination campaigns.The children died from whooping cough, a highly infectious bacterial…

By ALEX RASKIN Published: 09:18 EST, 13 January 2025 | Updated: 09:25 EST, 13 January 2025 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- LSU wide receiver…

As Winter Storm Cora barrels toward the southern US, nine states are closing schools, stocking up on supplies and preparing for dangerous roads.The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued winter storm watches and warnings for large…

A record number of humans, cattle and birds have been infected with bird flu this year, in a wave that experts have called 'astounding.'And this week, the US reported its first severe human case of H5N1 — with California declaring a…

Americans are fatter than ever, new CDC data shows.Before 2013, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35 percent - but in 2023, 23 states hit that alarming threshold.Overall, one in five American adults overall are obese,…

An urgent warning has been issued for 12 states, as the forecast has shown them engulfed in a scorching heat wave on the Fourth of July. The National Weather Service shared that from July 2 through July 6, many of the southern states…

Scientists investigating a cancer hotspot in Louisiana have made a key finding that may partially explain the high rates of disease.Researchers at Johns Hopkins University found extremely high levels of a carcinogen in the air across 85…

More than 21 million Americans are living in counties where air pollution is being kept dirty by a little-known legal loophole.A provision in the Clean Air Act has allowed local regulators in 70 US counties to claim the air was cleaner…

By Rob Waugh For Dailymail.Com Published: 14:11 EDT, 17 October 2023 | Updated: 14:15 EDT, 17 October 2023 <!-- <!-- --> <!-- --> <!--…

Anne Rice's classic horror novel Interview With The Vampire has been adapted once again, this time for a BBC drama which aired in the UK on Thursday. However, casting minds back almost three decades, the most famous adaptation of the…