Overview: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the US Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations to reduce the number of vaccines for children. The judge’s ruling came after the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other health organizations and advocates brought a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services. The judge also placed a hold on the new members appointed to the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee.
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Breanna Reeves
A federal judge blocked U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommendations of reducing the number of vaccines for children. In January, the health agencies slashed the number of recommended vaccines for every child, from 18 to 11.
Among the diseases recommended to end general vaccinations for all children were the flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, RSV and some strains of meningitis.
The judge’s ruling, temporarily blocking the recommendation, came after the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and a host of other health organizations and advocates brought a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services.
“Today’s ruling is a historic and welcome outcome for children, communities, and pediatricians everywhere. When Secretary Kennedy made unsupported and unscientific changes to pediatric immunization recommendations last year, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) was mission-bound to step up and push back against these dangerous actions that have sown chaos and confusion for parents and pediatricians across the country,” Dr. Andrew Racine, president of AAP said in a statement.
Additionally, the federal judge also placed a hold on the new members RFK Jr. abruptly appointed to the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, after firing all 17 members of the committee.
According to the CDC’s vaccine panel’s calendar, they were scheduled to meet this week. It is unclear if they will convene due to the judge’s order.
“We look forward to this judge’s decision being overturned just like his other attempts to keep the Trump administration from governing,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon posted a statement on social media platform X.
