Court Revives Lawsuit Over Medical Board Campaigns Against COVID-19 ‘Disinformation’

A doctors group has plausibly alleged injury from the campaign, federal judges find.

A health care worker reaches for COVID-19 vaccines at a vaccination site in Los Angeles, on Feb. 16, 2021. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images

A federal appeals court on June 3 revived a lawsuit against medical boards over their COVID-19 censorship campaigns.

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Educational Foundation (AAPS) suit against three boards can move forward, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled, reversing a U.S. district judge’s dismissal of the case.