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US judge blocks efforts to reshape childhood vaccine policy
Judge Brian Murphy halted Kennedy's vaccine schedule changes, citing likely legal violations and potential public health risks, while medical groups warned the revisions could reduce vaccination rates.
- 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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Changes are "arbitrary" and violate scientific methods and established procedures
·Vienna, Austria
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A federal judge has blocked the vaccination calendar for children proposed by the Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, reports Atlanta News First.
·Romania
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·Munich, Germany
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A federal judge has suspended reform of the American vaccine policy initiated by Donald Trump's Health Secretary, Dr. Robert Kennedy Jr., reports AFP.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a vaccine skeptic and wants to reduce the number of vaccines that the United States recommends.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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