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Federal Judge Blocks RFK Jr.'s Arbitrary Changes to Childhood Vaccine Policy

Under Kennedy's oversight, HHS has "undermined the integrity of its actions" with respect to its immunization recommendations, the court ruled.

Ronald Bailey | 3.18.2026 3:50 PM

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Judge Brian Murphy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Monday struck down several actions undertaken by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ruling them illegitimate because they aimed to nullify earlier immunization approvals and recommendations.

In his decision in American Academy of Pediatrics et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. et al., Murphy ruled, among other things, that the vast majority of RFK Jr.'s appointees to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are medically and scientifically........

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