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Timothy McBride
@mcbridetd.bsky.social
about 22 hours ago
Secretary Kennedy Swears in Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham as Principal Deputy Director of CDC www.hhs.gov/press-room/s...

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WUSF
@wusf.org
1 day ago
Florida health officials hosted a workshop Friday on the state surgeon general’s plan to end school mandates for four vaccines, including one that prevents a dangerous form of meningitis increasingly affecting children, doctors said. Read more: www.wusf.org/health-news-...
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Florida Phoenix
@floridaphoenix.com
4 days ago
"In 1985, the Hib vaccine came in, we went from 20,000 hospitalizations to 30, and today we don’t see any of those diseases. You are ending that vaccine. It’s going to cause tremendous damage.” floridaphoenix.com/2025/1….
Florida school, daycare vaccine tussle kicks off in Panama City Beach • Florida Phoenix

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Florida school, daycare vaccine tussle kicks off in Panama City Beach • Florida Phoenix

The push by Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo to repeal some of the state’s vaccine requirements for public schools and day care kicked off Friday with a lengthy and contentiou...

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WUSF
@wusf.org
4 days ago
With the nation's latest measles outbreak making headlines, sparks are likely to fly today at the first public airing of Surgeon General Ladapo’s plan to repeal four mandates on school-entry vaccines now and bring about the end of seven others later.
Amid measles outbreak, workshop on ending Florida vaccine mandates draws national attention

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Amid measles outbreak, workshop on ending Florida vaccine mandates draws national attention

A workshop with pediatricians, parents for and against vaccines, and state health officials will discuss the plan to halt four school-entry mandates now and the repeal of seven others later.

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The Florida Trident
@floridatrident.bsky.social
5 days ago
With the latest measles outbreak making headlines, sparks are likely to fly Friday at the first public airing of surgeon general Ladapo’s plan to repeal four mandates on school-entry vaccines now and bring about the repeal of seven others later. #DefendDemocracy floridatrident.org/school….
Amid measles outbreak, Friday workshop on repealing FL vaccine mandates draws national attention

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Amid measles outbreak, Friday workshop on repealing FL vaccine mandates draws national attention

Amid a post-Thanksgiving outbreak of measles in South Carolina -- reporting 111 infections through Thursday morning -- Florida pediatricians this

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Kiera Butler
@kieraevebutler.bsky.social
5 days ago
New from me: Whooping cough cases are skyrocketing, but CDC is silent—plus the agency's new second-in-command is the former Louisiana surgeon general, a vaccine critic who waited till two babies died of whooping cough to sent out an alert to his state. www.motherjones.com/polit….
The new CDC leader’s whooping cough scandal

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The new CDC leader’s whooping cough scandal

“It continues to be appalling, the type of people RFK Jr. is putting into high-level positions in CDC.”

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Louisiana Illuminator
@lailluminator.com
8 days ago
NEW: Louisiana’s next surgeon general is one of RFK Jr's. appointees to a panel that’s implementing his anti-vaccine policy recommendations. She has also openly supported Louisiana's abortion law. @greglarose.bsky.social lailluminator.com/2025/12….
Louisiana’s new surgeon general is a vaccine skeptic aligned with anti-abortion forces • Louisiana Illuminator

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Louisiana’s new surgeon general is a vaccine skeptic aligned with anti-abortion forces • Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana’s next surgeon general is part of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s panel that’s implementing his anti-vaccine policy recommendations.

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Emily Guskin
@emgusk.bsky.social
14 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
20 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
20 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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Betty C. Jung
@bettycjung.bsky.social
21 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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Betty C. Jung
@bettycjung.bsky.social
21 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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Axios
@axios.com
21 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
21 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
21 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
21 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
21 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
21 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
21 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

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C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command

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