RFK Jr. appeals ruling that wiped out his vaccine advisory panel
Summary
President Donald Trump's administration is appealing a judge's decision that stopped changes made by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel. The judge ruled that Kennedy's appointments were improper and that the changes to childhood vaccine recommendations broke federal rules.Key Facts
- A judge blocked Kennedy’s changes to the vaccine advisory panel and childhood vaccine guidelines.
- The judge said Kennedy’s advisors were unqualified and their appointments broke federal procedures.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics sued Kennedy and the Department of Health and Human Services over the changes.
- The CDC’s vaccine advisory committee meeting planned for March on COVID-19 vaccine injuries was canceled.
- Robert Malone, Kennedy’s vice chair on the panel and an anti-vaccine activist, resigned after a public disagreement with HHS.
- Kennedy rewrote the advisory panel’s rules to allow appointing allies without vaccine expertise and focus on vaccine risks.
- The government is appealing the ruling and has not disbanded the advisory panel as claimed by Malone.
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