New deputy CDC director wants to ‘rebuild trust in the agency’

The newest member of leadership at the Atlanta-based CDC is in full support of recent changes made to the nation’s vaccine ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The new CDC deputy also a MAHA fan and vaccine skeptic

Abraham, 71, was surgeon general of Louisiana, where he canceled that state’s long-standing mass vaccination promotion ...
CNN

Louisiana surgeon general who stopped promoting vaccination will be second in command at CDC

Dr. Ralph Abraham, who as a state surgeon general ordered health officials to stop promoting mass vaccination, will serve as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s principal deputy ...
STAT

Senior CDC official: Loss of measles elimination status in U.S. would be ‘cost of doing business’

The principal deputy director of the CDC said he would not view the loss of the United States' measles elimination status as ...
uPolitics

After RFK Jr. Appoints Vaccine-Skeptic Ralph Abraham To CDC’s #2 Role, Predecessor Calls Selection ‘Atrocious’

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently appointed Dr. Ralph Abraham as second-in-command at the ...
ABC News

What to know about the new CDC deputy director who has been critical of COVID vaccines

Dr. Ralph Abraham has been Louisiana's surgeon general since 2024. A top Louisiana health official has been appointed principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).