The American Public Health Association (APHA) joins the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College of Physicians (ACP), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Massachusetts Public Health Alliance (MPHA), Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), and a pregnant physician, filed suit in American Academy of Pediatrics v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to defend vaccine policy, and to put an end to the Secretary’s assault on science, public health and evidence-based medicine.
July 8, 2025
A new drug candidate developed by Tulane University researchers may work to prevent a common type of fatty liver disease. The disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), sometimes leads to cirrhosis and liver cancer.
Linked to obesity and diabetes, MASLD affects 38% of adults and is believed to be caused by the spread of senescent cells in the liver. Also called “zombie cells,” these cells have stopped functioning but continue to live, attacking the liver, spreading toxins and setting the stage for a number of related liver diseases.
July 8, 2025
By Dr. Rachel Bervell July 7, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
In New Orleans, it’s not uncommon for police to bring someone to the hospital from the streets, disoriented, confused and in psychiatric crisis.
As a young physician, I’ve come to recognize the pattern: young adults, unstably housed, cycling through jails, shelters and emergency rooms while grappling with severe psychosis unresponsive to conventional approaches. Some I’ve seen before. Many I’ll see again.
July 1, 2025
By: Greg LaRose and Piper Hutchinson - June 27, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
Gov. Jeff Landry endorsed legislation Friday to “Make American Healthy Again” with the nation’s controversial top health official at his side for the bill signing ceremony.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended a bill signing ceremony at Pennington Biomedical Research Center after helping craft legislation the Louisiana Legislature approved unanimously to regulate what ingredients can be in the food served in public school lunches.
July 1, 2025
By: Julie O'Donoghue - June 26, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
Gov. Jeff Landry struck language from the Louisiana budget plan that could have provided state employees and public school teachers with insurance coverage for popular weight-loss medication over the next year.
The governor does not think the state would be able to cover the cost for the obesity drugs on a long-term basis.
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