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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...