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The new leader of the CDC’s flagship vaccine advisory group recently claimed that Covid-19 vaccines were responsible for a rise in cancer cases, and that the vast majority of women who get the vaccine in their first trimester have miscarriages. The comments by Kirk Milhoan, who serves as chairman of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, were made at a Texas church and posted on YouTube in October. Milhoan also compared pandemic-era vaccination record cards to Jews who were forced to wear specific armbands during the Holocaust. “And what they said is, if you didn’t get the vaccine, then you were dirty, right? So that brings up all the issues of what happened when the Jews had to wear the yellow Star of David, right? They were the dirty ones,” he said in the video. Reached by Endpoints News on Monday, Milhoan did not dispute the authenticity of the video. In the recording, Milhoan also claimed that women who receive Covid-19 vaccines in their first trimester “have an 80% chance of miscarrying.” No such link has been established. Milhoan told Endpoints that the statistic about miscarriages came from an article in the New England Journal of Medicine . Other articles published in the NEJM around that time indicated that the risk of miscarriage by women taking the vaccine was within normal rates. Christopher Zahn, head of clinical practice at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, called the comments about miscarriages “irresponsible and dangerous,” and said they could cause women to avoid vaccination. “It is disappointing and disarming to see the new chair of an advisory panel about vaccination spreading lies and falsehoods,” Zahn said in a statement to Endpoints. Milhoan is a pediatric cardiologist who was appointed to ACIP in September and participated in his first meeting later that month. The video appears to be from an event held on Oct. 8 , according to another recording, after Milhoan’s service on the CDC committee began. Milhoan also suggested in the video that DNA contamination levels in the Covid-19 vaccines are behind rising cancer rates. “I think the biggest threat to humanity right now is the mRNA platform,” Milhoan said in the video. Like other members named to ACIP by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Milhoan is a staunch vaccine skeptic and critic of the Covid-19 vaccines. He’s a senior fellow at the Independent Medical Alliance, a group that pushed for the use of unproven treatments during the pandemic, including ivermectin. He’s also the co-founder of For Hearts and Souls, a Christian missionary organization that helps screen patients and perform surgeries in less wealthy parts of the world. Milhoan is taking over leadership of ACIP after the previous chair, Martin Kulldorff, accepted a permanent position with HHS as the new chief scientific officer of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation , an internal research arm at the department. Kulldorff is a former Harvard professor who criticized lockdown measures during the Covid-19 pandemic, co-authoring the Great Barrington Declaration with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, which advocated for looser restrictions for most people. The next ACIP meeting begins Thursday, part of a two-day event that is slated to include discussions on the childhood vaccine schedule, vaccine ingredients and the hepatitis B birth dose. Robert Malone, another popular vaccine skeptic, remains the committee’s vice chair. Editor’s note: This story was updated to include a statement from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

MONDAY, Dec. 1, 2025 — A Louisiana physician who has questioned vaccine safety and halted his state’s vaccination campaigns in the past is now serving in one of the top roles at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Ralph Abraham , a former congressman and Louisiana’s surgeon general in 2024, discretely began his position as the CDC’s principal deputy director on Nov. 23, according to the agency’s internal employee directory. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services later confirmed the appointment. Abraham has taken public views that differ significantly from long-standing CDC recommendations. He has called COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous,” supported the use of unproven COVID treatments such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin , and has urged people to avoid Tylenol during pregnancy except when “absolutely necessary.” He has also promoted removing aluminum-based ingredients from vaccines and questioned routine hepatitis B immunization at birth. Before entering public office, Abraham practiced medicine and veterinary medicine for decades. He represented Louisiana in Congress from 2014 to 2020 and was appointed surgeon general of Louisiana last year. While in that role, he ordered the state health department to stop mass vaccination campaigns and waited two months to alert the public about a whooping cough outbreak that caused two deaths, delaying a response that other health officials say should have happened immediately. Former CDC principal deputy director Dr. Nirav Shah , who held the same role until early 2024, said he was stunned by the appointment. "My jaw hit the ground," Shah told The New York Times . "A large part of the principal deputy’s portfolio is emergency response," Shah said. "Delayed notifying of the public of at least two pertussis deaths is not just unacceptable, it’s shameful," he added. Despite his past statements, Abraham will be the highest-ranking medical doctor at the CDC, which is currently led by acting director Jim O’Neil , a former biotechnology executive. Abraham has also criticized public health policies from the COVID-19 pandemic, calling them “tyrannical." He has repeated false claims about vaccine ingredients and said he sees people injured by the vaccine "every day," despite extensive research showing COVID-19 vaccines reduce severe illness and death. Studies have consistently shown that the COVID-19 vaccines lowered hospitalization rates and prevented transmission early in the pandemic, before major virus mutations occurred. Earlier this year, Abraham urged Louisiana Senator Dr. Bill Cassidy , a gastroenterologist who strongly supports childhood vaccines, to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary. The two men later fell out publicly over vaccines. Last week, however, Cassidy said he hoped to work with Abraham. "I am hopeful that the two of us as doctors can continue to engage in science-based conversations to protect children, including vaccinating children to prevent measles, whooping cough and hepatitis," Cassidy said. Sources The New York Times, Nov. 25, 2025