Following an increase in fentanyl-related deaths all over Louisiana, the Department of Health is launching a statewide effort to stop the crisis.. Chief Medicolegal Investoagator Keith Talamo told ...

Attendees will learn how to administer naloxone (Narcan), hear testimonies from overdose survivors, and get connected to ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The Louisiana Department of Health is taking action to try and combat the state’s opioid abuse issues. On March 24, KSLA has a discussion with Quinetta Womack, director of ...

The state health department has created a “Fighting Fraud, Waste and Abuse” task force to detect wrongdoing within Medicaid, Undersecretary Drew Maranto said. The agency will partner with LA DOGE, ...

Reporting on health care, criminal justice, the economy and other important issues in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Opioid overdoses are on the rise. A Louisiana medical student believes ...

A Louisiana federal jury convicted a fraudulent medical practitioner for his part in an opioid and $5m health care fraud scheme. Adrian Dexter Talbot was at the center of the case surrounding his ...

U.S. opioid-related deaths dramatically increased between 2015 and 2020, ... According to the Louisiana Department of Health, opioid abuse is a problem in Louisiana where almost all indicators ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Louisiana families are opening up about some of their darkest times in a new documentary about the opioid epidemic. The Louisiana Supreme Court Family created the ...

U.S. opioid-related deaths dramatically increased between 2015 and 2020, but which states have more opioid-related deaths than all others?