CDC Deputy Director Ralph Abraham Resigns

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that Dr. Ralph Abraham resigned as the agency’s principal deputy director, effective immediately, less than three months into the job. His departure reduces the presence of vaccine skeptics in the agency’s leadership and reflects the administration’s pivot away from the agenda pursued 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 brief tenure at the C.D.C. he dismissed escalating measles outbreaks and the potential loss of the country’s measles elimination status as the “cost of doing business.” The agency said he “chose to step down to address unforeseen family obligations,” and included his statement that it had been an honor to serve alongside C.D.C.

public health professionals. His resignation follows the sudden appointment last week of Dr.

United States, Louisiana

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