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South Carolina reported a surge to 700 measles cases on Friday, state health data showed, including 54 additional infections since Tuesday, as officials warned the widening outbreak could last weeks or months amid lagging vaccine uptake.

Sen. Bill Cassidy and a Tulane pediatrician stress the safety and necessity of vaccines for children.

'It won't work and can't end well,' one vaccine expert said

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American Families for Vaccines (AFV) is alarmed by the appointment of Louisiana's Surgeon General, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham, as the new Principal Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pr...

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After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response.

Dr. Ralph Abraham, Louisiana’s surgeon general, made it abundantly clear why the state would not promote the flu vaccine or hold events offering it to the public.