US EditionUS judge blocks efforts to reshape childhood vaccine policy
Judge Murphy blocked Kennedy's changes to reduce routine childhood vaccinations, citing violations of federal law and warning the policy shifts risk lowering vaccination rates, medical groups said.
- 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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A federal judge temporarily blocked on Monday the action taken by federal health officials to reduce the number of vaccines recommended for each child, and stated that U.S. Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. probably violated federal procedures by reforming a key advisory committee on vaccines. The decision ended an order issued by Kennedy—announced in January—to eliminate general recommendations that all children be vaccinated against fl…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is regarded as an immunization skeptic – and wants to allow less immunization in children as a U.S. health minister. Thus, he has now failed in court. The judge became unusually clear in his explanatory statement.
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Wisconsin ExaminerFederal judge blocks enforcement of Kennedy’s vaccine policies
Members of a key CDC advisory committee, known as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, met in Atlanta on Dec. 4. Maya Homan/Georgia RecorderA federal judge in Massachusetts has halted enforcement of several key vaccine policies imposed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ruling that the Trump administration illegally overhauled a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee dedicated to issuing immunization recommenda…
HHS Vaccine Policy Changes Blocked By Federal Judge
A federal judge on Monday ruled that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s appointment of vaccine advisory committee members likely violated federal law, blocking vaccine policy changes. U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy granted a motion by the American Academy of Pediatrics for a preliminary injunction against the reduced number of...
Acting on a suit filed by Illinois medical group, judge blocks rollback of federal vaccine recommendations
A number of leading medical groups, including the Itasca-based American Academy of Pediatrics, expressed concern that changes in the vaccine recommendations could lead to more children becoming ill.
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