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 Centers for Disease Control's new principal deputy director.

Why it matters: The move begins to fill out the top ranks of the CDC, whose leadership was left in limbo after a wave of high-level departures this summer, including the August firing of former Director Susan Monarez.

Driving the news: Former Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham was listed as CDC's principal deputy director on an internal email server, Inside Medicine first reported on Tuesday. • HHS later confirmed his appointment, which is not subject to Senate confirmation. • He would be the most senior medical professional at the public health agency, serving under a

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