Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. taps Louisiana Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham to be the new principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s the number-two job at the agency. Mark Ballard, the Washington, DC, correspondent for The Advocate, says the move solidifies the CDC’s newly-found skepticism on vaccines.
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During his time as the state’s first surgeon general, Abraham worked to end the promotion of vaccination clinics in the state.
The state’s highways will be packed this afternoon with motorists trying to get to their Thanksgiving destination. State Police Trooper Ryan Davis warns against tailgating…
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Davis says every passenger in the vehicle needs to be buckled up as we are in the middle of click it or ticket campaign.
The holiday season is here, and that means turkey, mistletoe – and the flu. Andrew Greenstein reports.