RFK Jr. Stops Requiring Doctors to Report Patient Vaccine Status

‘Government bureaucracies should never coerce doctors or families into accepting vaccines,’ the health secretary said.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a press conference in Arlington, Va., on Dec. 8, 2025. Heather Diehl/Getty Images

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stopped mandating health care providers report the immunization status of patients.

Kennedy decided to stop requiring doctors to list vaccinations children have received, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said in a Dec. 30, 2025, letter to state health officials.