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Alto’s Dr. Ralph Abraham Sworn-in as New Principal Deputy Director at CDC
Ralph Abraham, linked to vaccine skepticism and anti-COVID vaccine views, is now CDC's second-in-command amid leadership changes under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Recently, Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham was quietly named principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a role confirmed by the Department of Health and Human Services.
- Aligned with HHS personnel changes, the move fits broader agency shifts timed around Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s rise, who has installed officials aligned with anti-vaccine views including Abraham.
- As Louisiana's health chief, Abraham banned state agencies from recommending vaccines, instructed Louisiana Department of Health to stop mass vaccination, and said `Conversations about specific vaccines... are best had with the individual’s healthcare provider, who best understands their individual situation and relevant medical history.`
- Because the agency lacks a permanent director, Abraham will likely serve as the de facto head while critics warn his hire could legitimize Kennedy's anti-vaccination claims and six former surgeons general say it endangers lives.
- This month, the CDC changed website language stating studies have not ruled out vaccine-autism links, while a Quinnipiac University poll shows 54 percent disapprove of Kennedy's leadership.
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Alto’s Dr. Ralph Abraham sworn-in as new Principal Deputy Director at CDC
Former Louisiana Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham was sworn-in Monday by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in Washington, D.C. as Principal Deputy Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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California, along with three other states, announced on Tuesday that "dangerous misinformation" propagated by the Donald Trump government about a supposed link between vaccines and autism "threats health security" in the United States. For his second term, Trump appointed Robert Kennedy Jr., a well-known anti-vaccine and conspiranoic secretary of health. Among the ideas he supports is that the covid-19 was designed not to affect "the Ashkenazi J…
·Washington, United States
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