Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy will take his seat Wednesday morning as a member of the Senate Finance Committee as it considers the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a vast bureaucracy charged with improving the health of Americans.

The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed two winter weather-related deaths Friday afternoon after a winter storm this week.

Both government agencies and nonprofits in Louisiana scrambled to understand what Trump's order pausing federal grants and loans.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, has a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday — and Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy,

The LDH reported one winter weather-related death in the state this year—a 65-year-old man in Rapides Parish who died due to hypothermia—and advised people to stay inside during the extreme cold and to seek shelter if unhoused.

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) urges residents to prepare for extreme cold next week as a winter storm system brings freezing temperatures and the possibility

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The coroners in each parish designated both deaths as weather-related. The hypothermia death is the second one in Louisiana this year. On Jan. 9, the health department reported a 65-year-old Rapides Parish man died from exposure to winter weather conditions.

The Louisiana Department of Health has implemented a new policy that bans promoting vaccines even though Louisiana is ranked #32.

The rare winter storm that brought record freezing temperature and snowfall in Louisiana caused at least two deaths.

Here's when and where Robert F. Kennedy will get his first hearing as President Trump's nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services.

As the winter season continues in the Pelican State, it is important to stay prepared and avoid catching respiratory illnesses, such as the flu and RSV.