Federal judge blocks RFK Jr.'s changes to childhood vaccine schedule
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The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought by the American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical groups against the Department of Health and Human Services, arguing that Kennedy’s changes to vaccine recommendations and to an influential vaccine advisory committee violated federal law.
In January, Kennedy and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, reducing the number of recommended shots from 18 to 11. The CDC’s change in guidance dropped recommendations that all babies should be protected against hepatitis A, hepatitis B, RSV, dengue and two types of bacterial meningitis.
The judge also put on hold the new members Kennedy appointed to the CDC's vaccine advisory committee last June. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices helps shape U.S. vaccine policy, including recommendations that influence the childhood vaccine schedule and which shots must be covered by insurance.
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US judge blocks efforts to reshape childhood vaccine policy
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.
U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston sided with the American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical groups, which said health regulators had acted unlawfully to carry out Kennedy’s agenda of upending immunization policies and warned the changes will reduce vaccination rates and harm public health.
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U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy sided w/ the American Academy of Pediatrics, which said health regulators had acted unlawfully to carry out Kennedy's agenda of upending immunization policies & warned the changes will reduce vaccination rates & harm public health.
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