Louisiana’s surgeon general announced late Thursday that the state health department "will no longer promote mass vaccination ...

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham has ordered his staff to stop engaging in media campaigns and community health fairs ...

The directive continues a dramatic shift in vaccine policy within the health department under the leadership of Surgeon ...

Louisiana’s top health officials say public trust in medicine plummeted due to COVID missteps and that government should stop pushing vaccines. They argue public health must shift focus to chronic ...

Critics of the Louisiana surgeon general's decision warned that when vaccination rates go down, "you get worse outbreaks." ...

New Orleans has it's own health department -- which is not bound by Abraham's directive -- and city officials told the ...

In the memo addressed to all LDH employees, Abraham directed his staff to cease participating in public campaigns and community efforts that encourage vaccinations, despite Louisiana facing a severe ...

And LDH has banned vaccine events and ordered staff not to promote vaccination, New Orleans Public Radio (NOPR) reported ...

Louisiana has audaciously made the move to “no longer promote mass vaccination,” the announcement coming the same day as ...

A committee of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is critical in setting national vaccine ...

Reaction is coming in after the Louisiana Department of Health officially announced it will no longer promote vaccinations.