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Federal Judge Blocks Kennedy's Vaccine Policy Changes

3/17/2026

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A federal judge in Boston blocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s proposed vaccine policy changes.
Judge Brian Murphy halted the plan to reduce childhood vaccines from 17 to 11 and to restructure the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Six medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, supported the ruling.
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to appeal, and public health advocates welcomed the decision.

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A federal judge in Boston blocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s proposed vaccine policy changes.
Judge Brian Murphy halted the plan to reduce childhood vaccines from 17 to 11 and to restructure the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Six medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, supported the ruling.
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to appeal, and public health advocates welcomed the decision.