Vaccines should be treated with nuance, recognizing differences between seasonal vaccines and childhood immunizations,” Dr. Ralph L. Abraham, the state’s surgeon general, wrote in a memo.

In a memo sent across Louisiana to its health providers, Louisiana Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham says the state health department will no longer promote mass vaccinations. One line in that memo confuses New Orleans Health Director Dr.

The Louisiana Department of Health “will no longer promote mass vaccination.” That's according to a Thursday memo written by the state’s top health official and obtained by The Associated Press.