US EditionRFK Jr's vaccine agenda faces Boston judge who has handed Trump setbacks
Medical groups seek to block changes reducing recommended childhood vaccinations and replacing expert panel with vaccine skeptics, citing risks to immunization rates and public trust.
- U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy will hear a legal challenge Friday against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to reshape immunization policies.
- Plaintiffs say the CDC on January 5 reduced recommended childhood vaccinations to six and challenge Kennedy's decision last year to replace ACIP experts with skeptics.
- The reconstituted ACIP voted in September and in December, and Murphy last month said allegations suggest the committee is not fairly balanced or free of influence.
- At Friday's hearing, plaintiffs aim to ask Murphy for a preliminary injunction to stop the CDC's revised schedule and block the Feb. 25-26 ACIP meeting, while Justice Department lawyers say they seek to prevent HHS from 'receiving and giving advice on vaccines.'
- Given Murphy's record blocking administration efforts, global health experts warn the contested changes could lower vaccination rates in primary-care settings, potentially impacting public health.
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RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Overhaul Faces Federal Judge
The Trump administration’s overhaul of vaccine recommendations will face a federal judge on Feb. 13. Lawyers representing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and other government officials will appear in Boston before Judge Brian Murphy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, along with attorneys for the American Academy of Pediatrics and other health organizations that ar…
RFK Jr's vaccine agenda faces Boston judge who has handed Trump setbacks
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s sweeping efforts to upend U.S. immunization policies are set to go before a federal judge in Boston who already has drawn President Donald Trump's ire for impeding his administration's policies on multiple fronts.
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