The World Health Organization recommends a C-section rate between 10% and 15%. In Louisiana in 2023, 36.1% of live births ...

A Louisiana grassroots organization is working with physicians around the state to prevent the nomination of Robert F.

Louisiana health officials said that their investigation ... infection here is tragic but not surprising,” said Dr. Richard Webby, who directs the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for ...

More than 460 people have died from versions of the H5N1 bird flu virus since 2003, according to the World Health Organization ... The origin of the Louisiana person's infection was not considered ...

To help narrow the gap, the Louisiana Department of Health announced $15 million in funding for universities, technical ...

More than half of Americans believe the U.S. benefits from its membership in the WHO. As of April 2024, 25% of U.S. adults say the country benefits a great deal from its membership, while about one ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health ...

Trump initially removed the U.S. from the WHO in 2020, but Biden reversed his action before it went into effect.

Public health experts say the United States’ departure could cripple the WHO’s operations or leave an opening for China to ...

The average ratio of primary care physician to patient in Louisiana was 1,441 people per physician in 2023 — well below the World Health Organization's recommendation of 1,000 people per physician.