Jeri Dansky14h ago

Maybe good news?

Gift article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/health/cdc-ralph-abraham.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OVA.8T4I.hOq6lYn3a-Ut&smid=url-share

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Monday that Dr. Ralph Abraham had resigned as the agency’s principal deputy director.

His departure thins the ranks of vaccine skeptics at the agency’s helm, a sign of the administration’s pivot away from the agenda pursued thus far by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his appointees.

As Louisiana’s surgeon general, Dr. Abraham ordered the state health department to stop promoting vaccinations and called Covid vaccines “dangerous.” In his role as second-in-command of the C.D.C., he dismissed the escalating measles outbreaks in the United States and the potential loss of the country’s measles elimination status as the “cost of doing business.”

Dr. Abraham “chose to step down to address unforeseen family obligations,” according to the C.D.C. statement.

#uspol #CDC #vaccines

Another C.D.C. Vaccine Skeptic Steps Down

Dr. Ralph Abraham, the agency’s principal deputy director, has called the Covid vaccines “dangerous.” Other skeptics have recently left federal health roles.

The New York Times
AI6YR Ben14h ago

CNN: CDC deputy director abruptly departs agency

"....Dr. Ralph Abraham is leaving the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where has been serving as principal deputy director, the agency said Monday...was sworn in on December 15.....Abraham promoted health freedom and expressed skepticism about vaccines. ..."

https://lite.cnn.com/2026/02/23/health/cdc-deputy-ralph-abraham-departs

#antivaxxer #cdc #uspol

CDC deputy director abruptly departs agency

Dr. Ralph Abraham is leaving the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he had been serving as principal deputy director, the agency said Monday.

CNN
Show threadNonilex16h ago

As state surgeon general of Louisiana, Abraham ordered #health officials to stop promoting mass #vaccination.

The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, stepped in to the temporary role of acting director of #CDC earlier this month after Jim O’Neill left the #HHS.

#Trump #USpol

Nonilex16h ago

The #Trump admin is a mess

#CDC deputy director abruptly departs agency

Dr. Ralph Abraham is stepping down as principal deputy director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency said Monday.

The agency said Abraham, who was sworn in on December 15, “chose to step down to address unforseen family obligations.”

#USpol
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/health/cdc-deputy-ralph-abraham-departs?cid=ios_app

CDC deputy director abruptly departs agency

Dr. Ralph Abraham is leaving the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he had been serving as principal deputy director, the agency said Monday.

CNN
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦16h ago
“It can be difficult to imagine a future in which #American #science does not prevail. But, as the president’s many critics have warned, institutions like the #C.D.C., #F.D.A. and #N.I.H. will be far more difficult to rebuild than they have been to destroy …” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

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Helen Branswell19h ago
In today's episode of "As the #CDC Turns", the agency's #2 official — the one who actually goes to work in Atlanta — steps down from a job he started in early January. "Unforeseen family obligations cited as the reason for Ralph Abraham's departure. https://www.statnews.com/2026/02/23/ralph-abraham-cdc-resigns/
Ralph Abraham, No. 2 official at CDC, abruptly steps down

The No. 2 official at the CDC has resigned, adding to the drama and chaos surrounding the agency's leadership.

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NoBorg1d ago
#cdc #antivax #Rfk #Maha #measles
Andy Tseng2d ago
How on earth did this pass CDC review despite multiple internal concerns? Where did scientific integrity go in the US? #PublicHealth #HepatitisB #Science #ResearchEthics #CDC #VaccineResearch #USPol

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New Documents Reveal a Controversial Vaccine Study’s Unusual Path to CDC Approval

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Show threadNonilex2d ago

#MikeJohnson has used some iteration of the phrase to respond to questions about whether it was appropriate for #Trump to accept the gift of a #jet from #Qatar leaders; whether he supported the ouster of the new director of the #CDC; & whether he would support Trump pardoning the convicted sex trafficker #GhislaineMaxwell, though he added such a move would give him “great pause.”

#law #SCOTUS #SeparationOfPowers #Congress #legislative #3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment

Henry Stone2d ago

#SouthCarolina
#Measles #RFK #HHS #CDC #FDA #MedievalMedicine #Quack #Pandemic

https://wpde.com/news/local/sc-reports-11-new-measles-cases-upstate-outbreak-total-reaches-973
SC reports 11 new measles cases, Upstate outbreak total reaches 973 https://wpde.com/news/local/sc-reports-11-new-measles-cases-upstate-outbreak-total-reaches-973

SC reports 11 new measles cases, Upstate outbreak total reaches 973

The South Carolina Department of Public Health reported 11 new measles cases since Tuesday, bringing the total tied to the Upstate outbreak to 973.Health offici

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