{"id":2806,"date":"2026-06-15T21:05:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2026-06-15T21:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:05:34","slug":"kennedy-seeks-to-expedite-appeal-of-ruling-that-blocked-his-vaccine-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2806","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy seeks to expedite appeal of ruling that blocked his vaccine policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>The Trump administration has requested an expedited appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a series of decisions on vaccines made by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including rescinding routine recommendations for immunizations against a half-dozen childhood diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2804\">\u2018I\u2019m going to do everything in my power.\u2019 Healey says she supports a compromise on rent control ballot measure<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Kennedy announced in a social media post Friday that the administration had filed the motion to expedite appeal so that federal vaccine advisers could meet to decide whether to recommend shots before the fall flu season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The move is the latest development in a lawsuit brought by six medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics. The suit contended that Kennedy and his appointees to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had made \u201carbitrary and capricious\u201d changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>It also argued that the panelists Kennedy appointed to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, a panel of outside experts, did not have the qualifications to recommend vaccinations and that their decisions endangered the health of Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The ruling, delivered March 16 by a federal judge in Massachusetts, temporarily blocked Kennedy\u2019s policies while the trial continued. It froze all decisions made by the panelists Kennedy had appointed and prevented the committee from meeting as scheduled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2802\">US Senate candidate with same name as incumbent Dan Sullivan ineligible for ballot, official rules<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe 2026-2027 respiratory virus season (i.e., RSV, influenza, COVID) begins in the fall, and while the ACIP cannot act, no newly licensed or reformulated vaccine for those conditions can be added to the immunization schedule,\u201d the administration argued in its motion, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Richard Hughes, a lawyer for the medical organizations, said in a statement that \u201cwe will oppose his motion to expedite appeal because we refuse to pave the way for his further destruction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Vaccine recommendations have historically been made by ACIP members after careful review of the benefits and potential risks, in a process that can take months or years. Last June, Kennedy fired all 17 previous members of the committee and named new ones, many of whom shared his skepticism of vaccines. The new panelists rescinded several recommendations for childhood shots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Then, in January, bypassing the committee entirely, the acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, appointed by Kennedy, announced a new schedule for childhood vaccines, which cut the number of diseases against which children are routinely immunized to 11 from 17.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2800\">Alabama\u2019s Senate primary runoff again tests Trump\u2019s hold on GOP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><i>This article originally appeared in <\/i><i>The New York Times<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The health secretary is trying to restart the work of a panel that advises the government on vaccines, after a judge froze its decisions and prevented it from meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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