Federal Judge Blocks RFK Jr.’s January Vaccine-Schedule Cuts and Most New ACIP Appointments as 'Arbitrary and Capricious'
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U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy blocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s January vaccine memo — which cut routinely recommended childhood immunizations from 17 to 11 and would have narrowed recommendations for flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A and B, some meningitis vaccines and RSV — finding the ACIP overhaul "arbitrary and capricious" for bypassing established scientific procedures. The injunction stayed most of Kennedy’s new ACIP appointments (including a stay on 13 appointees and decisions by the reconstituted 17‑member panel), paused a planned ACIP meeting, drew praise from pediatric groups, and prompted HHS to say it will appeal while polling shows public trust in the childhood schedule has declined.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Vaccine Policy
Federal Courts and Public Health
RFK Jr. Vaccine Policy