Kennedy Seeks to Expedite Appeal of Ruling That Blocked His Vaccine Policies

The Trump administration requested an expedited appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a series of vaccine decisions by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including rescinding routine recommendations for immunizations against a half-dozen childhood diseases.

Mr. Kennedy announced in a social media post on Friday that the administration had filed the motion so federal vaccine advisers could meet to decide whether to recommend shots before the fall flu season. The suit was brought by six medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, and argued that Mr.

Kennedy and his appointees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had made arbitrary and capricious changes to the childhood vaccine schedule. A federal judge in Massachusetts delivered a ruling on March 16 that temporarily blocked those policies, froze all decisions made by the panelists Mr.

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