A top Louisiana health official has been appointed principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

When Susan Monarez took the helm of the beleaguered US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in late July, she had her work cut out for her. Public trust in the agency had dropped considerably since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. And US ...

It has been reported that, under the ardent anti-vax Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has named Lousiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham as its new principal deputy director.

The nation's top public health agency was left reeling and leaderless as the White House worked to expel its handpicked director from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked advisory panel declined to recommend COVID-19 vaccines for anyone on Friday — leaving it up to Americans to decide if they want the jab or not. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ...

Ralph Abraham, Louisiana’s surgeon general, has been named principal deputy director at the CDC, an HHS official confirmed to STAT’s Daniel Payne yesterday. It’s the number two position at the agency under the director — a role that’s seen its own turnover after Susan Monarez was ousted in August.

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CNN News Central’s Kate Bolduan speaks with Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, about key vaccine information on the CDC’s website being replaced with vaccine skepticism voiced by HHS Secretary Robert F.