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 Hill) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Tuesday report raising awareness about the deadly “kissing bug” disease, also known as Chagas. Chagas disease can cause ...

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 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 ...

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

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 ...

Alive sat down with the deputy director after he faced skepticism from doctors saying he was against vaccines.

Ralph Abraham, MD, surgeon general of Louisiana, has been tapped as principal deputy director of the CDC, CNN reported Nov. 25. The news of Dr. Abraham’s appointment comes days after the CDC changes ...

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 ...

Dr. Evelyn Griffin has been appointed as the new Louisiana surgeon general by Gov. Jeff Landry. Griffin, who has expressed skepticism about vaccines, serves on the CDC panel that recommends federal ...

Gun violence has long been a concern in the U.S., with the nation's gun-related death rates resembling rates seen in countries experiencing active conflict, says the Commonwealth Fund. In 2023, there ...