15 States Sue RFK Jr. Over Changes to Vaccine Schedule

The new schedule ‘will damage public health by decreasing vaccine uptake and increasing rates of vaccine-preventable diseases,’ the plaintiffs said.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks in Los Angeles on April 15, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

California and 14 other states on Feb. 24 sued federal health agencies and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the recently revised childhood vaccine schedule.

Federal officials violated federal law by not consulting with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory panel before downgrading recommendations for six vaccines in January, the plaintiffs said in a lawsuit filed in federal court in northern California.