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RFK 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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In court, AAP argues Kennedy’s HHS made unlawful changes to vaccine policies
BOSTON — After a full day of oral arguments in a packed courtroom, Boston federal judge Brian E. Murphy did not rule from the bench on a lawsuit from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the professional body representing the country’s pediatricians, against the Department of Health and Human Services, focused on vaccines. The judge asked for more information before he decides on the legality of changes to the childhood vaccine schedule and to …
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He’s broken many of them
One year after taking charge of the nation’s health department, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn’t held true to many of the promises he made while appealing to U.S. senators concerned about the longtime anti-vaccine activist’s plans for the nation’s care.Kennedy squeaked through a narrow Senate vote to be confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services only after making a number of public and privat…
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Cobb County CourierRFK Jr. Made Promises in Order To Become Health Secretary. He’s Broken Many of Them.
One year after taking charge of the nation’s health department, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn’t held true to many of the promises he made while appealing to U.S. senators concerned about the longtime anti-vaccine activist’s plans for the nation’s care. Kennedy squeaked through a narrow Senate vote to be confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, only after making a number of public and priv…
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
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…
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