Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, a doctor, said new Louisiana vaccine policy reduces immunization access for parents, patients.

Kennedy Jr. was confirmed to the nation's top health position Thursday, Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham sent a memo to the state's health department saying that the state "will no longer promote mass vaccination" and barred staff from running seasonal vaccine campaigns,

Those voting to support Robert F. Kennedy Jr as Secretary of HHS include Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy. Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, however, voted no.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, talks with Committee Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Jan. 30 after his testimony during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing

After Louisiana U.S. Sen. and doctor Bill Cassidy put aside his doubts over vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s fitness to oversee our nation's health care, columnists Quin Hillyer and Stephanie Grace discuss whether his decision digs him out of a political ditch.

Kennedy Jr. was confirmed to the nation's top health position Thursday, Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham sent a memo to the state's health department saying that the state "will no longer promote mass vaccination" and barred staff from running seasonal vaccine campaigns,

Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis stands by insult of Governor Jeff Landry: 'I will tell the truth and shame the devil."

State Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a former Republican congressman, orders staff not to market innoculations to patients but says they may still be stocked and administered

After Louisiana U.S. Sen. and doctor Bill Cassidy put aside his doubts over vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s fitness to oversee our nation's health care, columnists Quin Hillyer and Stephanie Grace discuss whether his decision digs him out of a political ditch.

Kennedy managed to allay the concerns of several key GOP senators over his anti-vaccine activism. Mitch McConnell was the lone Republican to vote against him.

Bill Cassidy's vote to support RFK Jr.'s confirmation is an overt attempt to maintain support within the Republican Party.

Kennedy's statements have raised concerns about his childhood vaccine commitment to Republican Senator Bill Cassidy.