US EditionUS judge blocks efforts to reshape childhood vaccine policy
Judge Murphy ruled Kennedy likely violated federal law by cutting routine childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, warning this could reduce vaccination rates and harm public health.
- On March 16, U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy in Boston blocked key parts of Kennedy's vaccine policy effort after medical groups sued, citing unlawful actions.
- Citing federal procedure, the lawsuit alleges that Kennedy's reconstitution of ACIP likely violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Administrative Procedure Act, prompting a legal challenge.
- In January, the CDC narrowed routine recommendations from 17 to 11, downgrading six diseases like rotavirus, influenza and hepatitis A, while still recommending MMR, polio, chickenpox and HPV.
- He ordered that the new ACIP appointments and decisions be put on hold, and lawyers said 'ACIP as currently constituted cannot meet,' while the March 18 and 19 meeting was postponed.
- Leading medical groups said the ruling restores science-based vaccine policymaking, major vaccine makers Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna grew wary, and the federal government could still appeal, prolonging uncertainty.
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Vaccination against influenza, rotavirus or hepatitis B should no longer be recommended for children when it comes to US Minister Kennedy. Now a court has stopped him
Changes are "arbitrary" and violate scientific methods and established procedures
Federal judge blocks JFK Jr.’s efforts to reshape childhood vaccine policy
BOSTON — A federal judge on Monday blocked key parts of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s effort to reshape U.S. vaccine policy, including a move to reduce the number of shots routinely recommended for children.
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