A federal judge ruled that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. illegally appointed 13 members to a vaccine advisory panel, invalidating their votes and blocking a new vaccine schedule for children.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a vaccine advisory board for the CDC, will discuss the COVID-19 vaccines and their injuries during an upcoming meeting.
Health organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians, the American Public Health Association, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and other entities, have filed a joint status report detailing their intent to sue the CDC.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are defending their decision to update vaccine guidelines and recommendations.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) scaled back its recommended childhood vaccines, now only recommending inoculations against ten diseases.