Drew Hawkins

The Atakapa-Ishak/Chawasha tribe views the land’s rematriation as a joyous occasion — even though it’s disappearing due to coastal land loss.

The federal funding from the Biden-Harris administration will help each state improve maternal health care and opioid addiction treatment in rural communities.

The new state program— the first of its kind in the U.S. — will give $280,000 from opioid settlement funding to grandparents raising their grandchildren.

August is National Breastfeeding Month, but the Gulf South has some of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the country. Advocates are trying to change that.

A new "scorecard" from the Commonwealth Fund on women's health care ranks Louisiana 37th in the U.S. — the highest in the Gulf South region.

As heat waves and heat domes become more intense, the idea of naming extreme heat as we do with other major disasters is gaining traction with some experts.

Driven by climate change, extreme temperatures are forcing parents and camp counselors to change their summer routines to keep kids safe.

Mississippi lawmakers couldn’t come together to pass a bill that could have expanded Medicaid for thousands of residents.

Maia Szalavitz discusses harm reduction's effectiveness against drug addiction, how punitive policies can hurt people who need pain medication and more.

Losing his brother to an overdose inspired Jacob Bassin to arm his fellow medical students with free doses of Narcan and train them on how to use it.