CDC director resigns

Dr. Ralph Abraham resigned Monday as principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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February 24, 2026 - 5:31 PM

Dr. Ralph Abraham. Courtesy photo

Dr. Ralph Abraham, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC) resigned Monday, according to a department news release.

The CDC said Abraham’s resignation was effective immediately. He had been on the job less than three months.

Before his tenure with the CDC, Abraham was surgeon general for Louisiana where he ordered the state health department to stop promoting vaccinations and called Covid vaccines “dangerous,” according to the New York Times.

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