A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe case of the illness, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ...

An analysis posted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on its website Thursday found that a small percentage of the virus detected in the patient's throat had genetic changes that ...

Many restaurants and markets have started getting in crawfish from local farmers, and one shop owner says he is happy to see the season getting off to a good start. “It’s a good size in the beginning, ...

For the first time, two teams who have never played in the Isleta New Mexico Bowl will take the field Saturday afternoon.

Strong, possibly severe storms on Saturday will bring a risk of tornadoes in your New Orleans weather forecast. Scattered showers and a few isolated storms are possible overnight, but dense fog will ...

The agency, in its latest update released Thursday, said the mutations were not found in samples taken from wild birds, suggesting the virus changed over the course of the patient’s ...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The bird flu virus in a patient in Louisiana has likely mutated while they were in the hospital.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - More than half of the states in the U.S. have filial responsibility laws in place. Lake Charles attorney Carla Sigler explains what filial laws are and how they can affect ...

Miss Louisiana flew out from the Monroe Regional Airport to the Miss America competition in Orlando, Florida on Dec. 27.

Social Security began as a safeguard “against the hazards and vicissitudes of life,” said former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who on August 14, 1935, signed the ‘Social Security Act’ into law ...

West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez is still searching for his defensive coordinator, but he should have his guy sometime ...

Parts of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas are under severe weather watches as the National Weather Service predicts a storm ...