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Federal judge issues injunction against HHS Secretary’s vaccine policy

A photograph of a child receiving a vaccination in his arm.
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The ruling temporarily reinstates former ACIP members removed by Kennedy and vacates all of the new committee’s policy recommendations.

A federal judge has issued an injunction against US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr’s efforts to redefine US childhood immunization policy.

The ruling also blocks Kennedy’s overhaul of the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which provides guidance on effective