Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s ...

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 ...

Health care plan circulated by the White House runs into familiar GOP divisions

WASHINGTON (AP) — A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into the reality of Republican divisions on the issue — a familiar struggle for a party that has been ...

Louisiana surgeon general Abraham installed as deputy at CDC

Abraham is a critic of mass vaccination and strong supporter of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda.

Sen. Bill Cassidy continues back-and-forth with RFK Jr. after CDC website changes vaccine position

A word change on the CDC website has furthered the political back and forth between RFK Jr. and Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy. The two leaders disagree on vaccine safety. One Ruston healthcare provider ...

Louisiana health official who is critical of COVID vaccines tapped as CDC’s No. 2

A former Louisiana health official who ordered his state health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations was quietly ...