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Emily Guskin
@emgusk.bsky.social
6 days ago
The birth dose has been credited for a 99 percent drop in infections in children and teens since the 1991 recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics, according to a 2023 study in the official journal of the U.S. Surgeon General.
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule

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RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule

The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to end universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth and to scrutinize if childhood shots cause allergies.
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MS NOW
@ms.now
12 days ago
OPINION by @stevebenen.com: “Kennedy wants the conspiratorial state surgeon general to help lead the CDC, and so he will. Best of luck to all of us.” READ MORE HERE: www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
With latest addition to the CDC leadership, RFK Jr. makes a bad situation even worse

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With latest addition to the CDC leadership, RFK Jr. makes a bad situation even worse

Ralph Abraham’s work as Louisiana’s surgeon general was a mess. Now he’ll help lead the CDC.
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Alex Wayne
@aawayne.bsky.social
12 days ago
Louisiana's former surgeon general is reportedly now the deputy director of the CDC. Earlier this month, we published a story about how he addressed a deadly (and vaccine-preventable) whooping cough outbreak. By @rosemarywestwood.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/ar….
Louisiana Took Months To Sound Alarm After Two Babies Died in Whooping Cough Outbreak - KFF Health News

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Louisiana Took Months To Sound Alarm After Two Babies Died in Whooping Cough Outbreak - KFF Health News

Louisiana health officials appear to have deviated from the usual steps for public health communications amid a whooping cough outbreak after it killed two infants.
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Georgia Recorder
@georgiarecorder.com
12 days ago
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a vaccine skeptic, tapped for No. 2 post at CDC, reports the @lailluminator.com
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a vaccine skeptic, tapped for No. 2 post at CDC • Georgia Recorder

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Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a vaccine skeptic, tapped for No. 2 post at CDC • Georgia Recorder

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, who rolled back government vaccine distribution as the state’s top public health official, has been appointed to the second highest position at the U.S. Center...
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Betty C. Jung
@bettycjung.bsky.social
12 days ago
An vaccine-skeptic Louisiana official was appointed to the No. 2 CDC post. @washingtonpost.com What to know: Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham was hired to be the CDC's principal deputy director, effectively putting him in charge of the director-less agency.
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Timothy McBride
@mcbridetd.bsky.social
12 days ago
The CDC’s troubling new second in command, briefly explained www.vox.com/the-logoff-n...
The CDC’s troubling new second in command, briefly explained

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The CDC’s troubling new second in command, briefly explained

The former Louisiana surgeon general has shared debunked theories about vaccines and autism.
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Rachel Maddow
@maddow.bsky.social
12 days ago
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Scoop: The new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.

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Scoop: The new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.

The current Surgeon General of Louisiana has made headlines recently, including for allegedly burying a whooping cough outbreak.
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Betty C. Jung
@bettycjung.bsky.social
12 days ago
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command @nytimes.com During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign. 🤡
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Adriel Bettelheim
@abettel.bsky.social
12 days ago
Louisiana vaccine skeptic gets No. 2 CDC job. www.axios.com/2025/11/26/c...
Louisiana vaccine skeptic gets No. 2 CDC job

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Louisiana vaccine skeptic gets No. 2 CDC job

Former Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham also backed the unproven COVID treatment ivermectin.
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Axios
@axios.com
12 days ago
The Trump administration has tapped a former Louisiana health official who ordered a stop to promotions of mass vaccination events last winter to be the CDC's new principal deputy director.
Louisiana vaccine skeptic gets No. 2 CDC job

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Louisiana vaccine skeptic gets No. 2 CDC job

Former Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham also backed the unproven COVID treatment ivermectin.
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Betty C. Jung
@bettycjung.bsky.social
12 days ago
A vaccine skeptic was quietly hired as a top C.D.C. leader @nytimes.com Ralph Abraham, who as Louisiana’s surgeon general ordered the state health department to stop promoting vaccinations, is now the second in command at the C.D.C. His appointment was never announced.
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J. Offir, PhD
@joffirphd.bsky.social
13 days ago
Both the NYT & WaPo are reporting today on Ralph Abraham, LA's surgeon general, who on Sun. quietly became principal deputy director at the CDC (a change reported via a Substack, vs publicly). He was a GOP congressman from 2014-2020. He has BIG issues: 1/10 www.washingtonpost.com/he….
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2

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Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2

Ralph Abraham has been appointed as the CDC’s principal deputy director.
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Richard Ferro, MD
@richferro.com
13 days ago
Former Louisiana Surgeon General & vaccine-skeptic Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham has been appointed as 2nd-in-command at the CDC During the pandemic, Dr. Abraham was one of the physicians pushing false claims that ivermectin & hydroxychloroquine could treat COVID-19 More details on the CDC feed
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Olga Nesterova
@onestpress.onestnetwork.com
13 days ago
NYT: C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
@bermaninstitute.bsky.social
13 days ago
CDC Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/2….
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command

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C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command
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Apoorva Mandavilli
@apoorvanyt.bsky.social
13 days ago
Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham, who as Louisiana’s surgeon general ordered the state health department to stop promoting vaccinations and who has called Covid vaccines “dangerous,” has been named the second in command at the CDC. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/2….
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command

www.nytimes.com

C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command
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Long Lead
@longlead.com
13 days ago
In 2023, then-U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a devastating advisory about the persistent loneliness epidemic, declaring social isolation and lack of connection to be a public health crisis. twins.longlead.com
Twin boys on unicycles ride along a sidewalk at the Twins Days Festival.
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Betty C. Jung
@bettycjung.bsky.social
13 days ago
Scoop: The new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns. The current Surgeon General of Louisiana has made headlines recently, including for allegedly burying a whooping cough outbreak. insidemedicine.substack.c….
Scoop: The new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.

insidemedicine.substack.com

Scoop: The new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.

The current Surgeon General of Louisiana has made headlines recently, including for allegedly burying a whooping cough outbreak.
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Jessica Nix
@jessicanix.bsky.social
13 days ago
Louisiana surgeon general Ralph Abramson is joining the CDC as principal deputy director. New for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/ar….
Louisiana Surgeon General Joins CDC as Principal Deputy Director

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Louisiana Surgeon General Joins CDC as Principal Deputy Director

Ralph Abraham, the Louisiana Surgeon General, has been named to the No. 2 job at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Ian Weissman, DO
@drianweissman.bsky.social
18 days ago
Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams says there is still a lot of misinformation circulating”l around vaccines in the U.S., despite data indicating that most Americans follow their doctor’s recommendations. newsnationnow.com/health/….

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