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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map displays the rates of flue cases in each state. Louisiana was among the 48 ...

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

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday shows a massive spike in flu activity nationwide.

Dr. Ralph Abraham spoke at a Trump re-election rally in Lake Charles, La., on Oct. 11, 2019. At the time, Abraham was a Republican congressman running for governor of Louisiana. He lost that race, but ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham is now the Principal Deputy Director at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Before serving in that ...

Louisiana health officials have confirmed one pediatric flu death this season as influenza activity remains very high.

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham — a vocal supporter of the "Make America Healthy Again" movement and a harsh critic of Covid shots — has been named principal deputy director at the Centers for ...

After a month of reviewing how 20 other nations are protecting children with vaccines, the CDC has new guidelines for the childhood vaccinations. In the U.S., children get vaccine protection for 18 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Flu activity in Louisiana is the highest in the U.S. as the Thanksgiving holiday nears. According to CDC data reporting flu activity for the week ending on Nov. 15 ...

A child from Louisiana has died from seasonal influenza, according to a state official’s confirmation of a weekly report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. No additional information was ...