In a memo sent across Louisiana to its health providers, Louisiana Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham says the state health department will no longer promote mass vaccinations. One line in that memo confuses New Orleans Health Director Dr.

Vaccines should be treated with nuance, recognizing differences between seasonal vaccines and childhood immunizations,” Dr. Ralph L. Abraham, the state’s surgeon general, wrote in a memo.

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham sent a directive to state health workers Thursday ending long-standing mass vaccination clinics and banning staff from promoting seasonal vaccines.