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A New York doctor was indicted alongside a Louisiana mother who allegedly received the mailed package and gave the pills prescribed by the physician to her minor daughter.

A Louisiana House committee shelved a bill Wednesday (May 7) that would have made it illegal for someone to “intentionally” expose another person to an “incurable” sexually transmitted disease after steep concerns that criminalization could worsen the state’s proliferating STD rates.

Louisiana’s deadly whooping cough outbreak continues to surge, and it’s doing the most harm to children under the age of 1.

The health department also plans to review Medicaid patients’ driver’s licenses and use AI to reduce waste and fraud in health care spending, officials said.

Products inside are free and include condoms and emergency contraception.

Organizations working to combat HIV in Louisiana are bracing for potential funding cuts and warning of a possible resurgence of the virus, after the Trump administration eliminated staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s office for HIV prevention.

Gov. Jeff Landry has appointed Bruce Greenstein, the health secretary under former Gov. Bobby Jindal, to help lead Louisiana’s Department of Health.

Louisiana’s Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham confirmed Thursday that two infants have died in the last six months amid an ongoing whooping cough outbreak in the state, and said vaccines are the best way to protect against infections.

The cuts target mental health and substance use programs, including crisis services, according to Louisiana health officials.

Republican Gov Jeff Landry’s budget proposal proposes increasing state spending on health care by $1.5 billion in the next fiscal year.