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 ...

Dr. Rebekah Gee, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, said the state is fighting the opioid epidemic “by all means necessary.” Bill to combat opioid abuse signed into law, limits ...

Today, the Louisiana Department of Health released Louisiana’s Opioid Response Plan, the first of its kind for the state. The plan aims to successfully reduce Louisiana’s opioid epidemic by ...

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

The Louisiana Department of Health has received a $24 million grant to help fight the state's opioid epidemic. The money comes from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S ...

Louisiana's beefing up its efforts to combat the opioid epidemic, thanks to a nearly $30 million boost from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced last ...

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 ...

“Between 2014 and 2018, Louisiana experienced a 49% increase in drug-involved deaths,” a recent report released by the Louisiana Department of Health Opioid Steering Committee states. “The number 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, ...

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 ...

Louisiana joined a growing list of state and local governments Wednesday by taking legal action claiming drug manufacturers purposely escalated an opioid crisis that has led to thousands of ...