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Anti-Vaccine Group Sues HHS Over Childhood Vaccine Safety

7/23/2025

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A nonprofit anti-vaccine group, Children’s Health Defense, is taking legal action against Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for failing to create a task force aimed at enhancing childhood vaccine safety. Skeptics argue the lawsuit may be more about publicity than genuine change, as no HHS secretary has addressed vaccine safety since the 1986 law.

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A nonprofit anti-vaccine group, Children’s Health Defense, is taking legal action against Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for failing to create a task force aimed at enhancing childhood vaccine safety. Skeptics argue the lawsuit may be more about publicity than genuine change, as no HHS secretary has addressed vaccine safety since the 1986 law.