Healthcare

Baton Rouge Discovery Academy is opening a pre-K through fourth-grade location on the former Runnels School site on South Harrells Ferry Road.

Baton Rouge General Medical Center is planning to establish “a couple” more facilities along the lines of its Ascension Neighborhood Hospital over the next few years, CEO Edgardo Tenreiro says. 

A new law directing health insurance companies, agents and brokers to disclose their commissions has been in effect for more than a month, but the rules about how to comply still are not available. 

The Louisiana Department of Health reported today that the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases across the state, driven by the omicron variant has finally peaked. 

The nationwide nursing shortage has led hospitals, including those in Baton Rouge, to look for ways to fill shifts while offering their existing workforce flexibility.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has paid out tens of millions of dollars to...

Louisiana surpassed 1 million COVID-19 cases today, meaning that nearly one in four residents...

Last week's U.S. Supreme Court split decision on two of President Biden's vaccine mandates,...

Following more than a month of soaring infection, the latest surge in coronavirus cases is showing signs of slowing

Pat Van Burkleo, executive director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Louisiana, retired from the organization Dec. 31 after 32 years of service.