Federal judge blocks RFK Jr.'s changes to childhood vaccine schedule
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The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought by major medical organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Advisers appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted to reduce the number of recommended vaccines for children and said not all newborns should be vaccinated against hepatitis B.
A judge blocked a set of changes to the childhood vaccine schedule recommended by allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, dealing a setback to the Trump administration's efforts to overhaul federal vaccine policy.
BOSTON >> A federal judge in Boston who blocked major parts of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sweeping moves to upend U.S. immunization policies has already drawn the ire of President Donald Trump’s administration for numerous rulings impeding his policies in other cases…
Pediatricians challenged RFK Jr.'s hand-picked vaccine advisers. Attorney called ruling a 'victory for science, for public health, and for the rule of law.'
By Jen Christensen, Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday blocked some of the sweeping changes US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy made to reshape US vaccine policy, including an effort to shrink the number of vaccines recommended for children.
In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration’s reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee.
A federal judge has for now halted Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s biggest vaccine moves, disrupting his push to remake U.S. immunization policy. On Monday, a judge in Boston temporarily blocked Kennedy’s remaking of a major vaccine panel and his cuts to the childhood vaccine schedule.
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis told The Advocate that the ruling shows “science and law aligned,” but warned lasting damage to public trust may already be done.
Major medical organizations argue the health secretary unlawfully altered vaccine policy and improperly reconstituted a federal vaccine advisory panel.
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and said U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely violated federal procedures in revamping a key vaccine advisory committee.
The decision halts an order by Kennedy to end broad recommendations for all children to be vaccinated against flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, some forms of meningitis and RSV.
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from implementing sweeping changes to the nation’s childhood immunization schedule, siding with major medical organizations that argue Health Secretary Robert F.
Federal Judge Murphy slapped down RFK Jr in AAP v Kennedy and blocked reductions of childhood vaccines. He was highly critical of both ACIP appointments and procedures.
