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Centers for Diseason Control and Prevention
Coverage of Centers for Diseason Control and Prevention in the Nexus archive.
- How Louisiana’s new surgeon general wants to transform public health
Dr. Evelyn Griffin was named Louisiana’s surgeon general by Gov. Jeff Landry. Previously, she served on a CDC vaccine advisory panel appointed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., where she voted to recommend limiting access to COVID vaccines and ending universal newborn immunizations for hepatitis B. Griffin's vision is focused on shifting the health care system toward disease prevention.