Louisiana is among the worst-performing states in maternal and infant health outcomes. Now the city health department offers home visits in those crucial first months.
Like New Orleans, many small cities and towns are grappling with aging infrastructure and frequent boil-water notices.
Lawyers for residents say that zoning that concentrates pollution in Black districts is a violation of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.
Carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits — and the plants would still emit thousands of tons of pollution.
Air-monitoring equipment for the Habitat Recovery Project positioned 25 miles away from where Tuesday’s explosion happened, tracked a steep spike in particulate matter at the time of the explosion and other substantial increases four hours afterward, as natural gas from the pipe burned.
As the state limits sharing of independent data, the Trump administration is delaying new testing requirements for dozens of chemical plants around the Mississippi River Basin.
A city Health Department report found that the state’s ban on maternal-health drugs has left patients living in fear and put overwhelming stress on doctors and nurses. Now patients and healthcare providers worry about what could come next.
Elyse Stevens was a primary physician at the University Medical Center New Orleans, which runs an integrated health clinic specialized in treating patients with substance use disorders. At first, her patient-centered approach won her awards. But in 2025, the Louisiana medical licensing board began investigating her practices. She had to leave the state to continue working, she said.
Few states include sexual and reproductive health supplies in emergency checklist recommendations, a new report finds.
