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Louisiana, surgeon general and CDC

Controversial Louisiana surgeon general tapped for CDC leadership role

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham — a vocal supporter of the ‘Make America Healthy Again’ movement and a harsh critic of Covid shots — has been named principal deputy director at the Centers for...

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Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham named principal deputy director at CDC

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Trump appoints Louisiana surgeon general who ended vaccine promotions to CDC

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Louisiana surgeon general who stopped promoting vaccination will be second in command at CDC

Dr. Ralph Abraham, who as a state surgeon general ordered health officials to stop promoting mass vaccination, will serve as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s principal deputy direct...

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New leader tapped for CDC had stopped pushing vaccines amid flu surge

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Louisiana surgeon general who stopped promoting vaccines tapped as CDC's No. 2

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Outrage as 'dangerous' vaccine skeptic Ralph Abraham gets top CDC role

Abraham ordered the Louisiana health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations during an uptick in influenza cases last winter.

Arkansas Times

Louisiana reports first human bird flu death in the U.S.

The Louisiana Department of Health announced Monday that a person sick with bird flu has died, marking the first death in the United States from a virus that is increasingly alarming public health experts. Bird flu desecrates animal populations ranging ...

NOLA.com

Louisiana bird flu patient dies, becoming the first death from the disease in the US, officials say

A Louisiana patient hospitalized in December with the bird flu has died, the first human death from the virus in the U.S., the state Department of Health said Monday. "The patient was over the age of 65 and was reported to have underlying medical ...