Rosemary Westwood
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Sorry -- 35 years
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Sorry -- 35 years
Others have reported on Abraham's support for banning flouride in drinking water and using ivermectin to treat COVID despite evidence showing it's not effective.
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Bill banning fluoride in Louisiana’s public water systems clears Senate committee
SB 2 proponents presented unfounded links between the levels of fluoride in drinking water and autism, low IQ and thyroid problems at the hearing. The bill is strongly opposed by health experts and de...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Others have reported on Abraham's support for banning flouride in drinking water and using ivermectin to treat COVID despite evidence showing it's not effective.
www.wwno.org/politics/202...
www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2...
www.wwno.org/politics/202...
www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2...
These policies have drawn incendiary criticism from public health and vaccine experts, including in Louisiana
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November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
These policies have drawn incendiary criticism from public health and vaccine experts, including in Louisiana
www.wwno.org/public-healt...
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Hours after Kennedy was confirmed as health secretary, Abraham forbid staff from generally promoting any vaccines and any vaccine events
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Louisiana Department of Health officially ends all vaccine promotion, events
The directive continues a dramatic shift in vaccine policy within the health department under the leadership of Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham and Deputy Surgeon General Dr. Wyche Coleman, both of ...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hours after Kennedy was confirmed as health secretary, Abraham forbid staff from generally promoting any vaccines and any vaccine events
www.wwno.org/public-healt...
www.wwno.org/public-healt...
Last fall, Abraham quietly rolled out a ban on all health department staff from promoting COVID, flu or mpox vaccines
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Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots
An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Last fall, Abraham quietly rolled out a ban on all health department staff from promoting COVID, flu or mpox vaccines
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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In January, doctors in a Louisiana hospital were warning of infant deaths from what would become the state's worst whooping cough outbreak in 25 years. But health officials waited months to warn the public
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Louisiana officials waited months to warn public of whooping cough outbreak
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.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In January, doctors in a Louisiana hospital were warning of infant deaths from what would become the state's worst whooping cough outbreak in 25 years. But health officials waited months to warn the public
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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The @RNS version is here! With extra spice like Fr. Tony Ricard's silent retreat — with a boom box. religionnews.com/2025/06/04/w...
'We call him our cousin': Black Catholics in New Orleans embrace Pope Leo as their own
NEW ORLEANS (RNS and NPR) — ‘I’m praying for this new pope from the United States who has roots in the 7th Ward. That was a mind-blowing moment for me,’ said one Black priest, whose church is a mile f...
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June 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The @RNS version is here! With extra spice like Fr. Tony Ricard's silent retreat — with a boom box. religionnews.com/2025/06/04/w...