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Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham is appointed to the CDC’s second-highest position.

Abraham previously dismantled Louisiana’s vaccine promotion efforts and mass vaccination events.

Public health experts criticized delayed guidance after whooping cough deaths in Louisiana.

Abraham has promoted debunked COVID-19 treatments and echoed anti-vaccine claims.

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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Abraham, a 71-year-old medical doctor, lives in rural Richland Parish and served as a Republican congressman representing Northeast Louisiana from 2015 until 2021. He could n

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