Medical groups sue RFK Jr. and HHS over COVID vaccine policy changes
The plaintiffs, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, American Public Health Association and Infectious Diseases Society of America, have asked the court to vacate Kennedy's recent directive removing the COVID-19 vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's childhood and pregnant‑women immunization schedules.
Representatives for HHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Kennedy, a long-time vaccine skeptic whose department oversees the CDC, has been remaking the U.S. health system to align with President Donald Trump's goal of dramatically shrinking the federal government.
He signed a directive in May delisting the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women.
The complainants alleged that such 'baseless and uninformed policy' decisions place critical populations at 'grave and immediate risk' of preventable illness, long-term harm, or death.
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