Dr. Evelyn Griffin, a Baton Rouge obstetrician and gynecologist, was announced Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, as Louisiana's next surgeon general. She is an appointee of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Republican Congressman Dr. Ralph Abraham stands outside the University of Louisiana at Monroe library after Gov.-elect Jeff ...

A Louisiana health official who ordered his health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations this past winter during a surge in influenza cases has been tapped to serve as the new No. 2 leader at ...

Louisiana's vaccination rate dips below percentage sufficient for herd immunity. How do declining rates impact infectious ...

Dr. Evelyn Griffin has been appointed as the new Louisiana surgeon general by Gov. Jeff Landry. Griffin, who has expressed skepticism about vaccines, serves on the CDC panel that recommends federal ...

Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy said the U.S. capture of former Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro sends a message ...

Louisiana took months to sound alarm after two babies died in whooping cough outbreak Whooping cough, also called pertussis, is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease that’s particularly ...

Proponents of vaccines warn that the efforts will further dismantle the immunization infrastructure and lead to more outbreaks of disease.

Devotees of the health secretary’s Make America Healthy Again movement say they oppose the Louisiana senator’s reelection.

In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.