Louisiana’s surgeon general announced late Thursday that the state health department "will no longer promote mass vaccination." Here's what that could mean.

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 whom have repeated vaccine misinformation.

Reaction is coming in after the Louisiana Department of Health officially announced it will no longer promote vaccinations.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as the new head of the US Department of Health and Human Services, launching a new era in US health policy after the one-time presidential hopeful openly questioned the safety of widely used vaccines and promised to remove artificial food dyes from America’s food supply.