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Judge Temporarily Blocks RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policy, Panel Overhaul

A district judge in Boston said the health secretary violated the law by appointing new members to the committee that made vaccine recommendations.
Judge Temporarily Blocks RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Policy, Panel Overhaul
Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. attends the "Great, Historic Investment in Rural Health Roundtable" in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 16, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Stacy Robinson
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A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled on March 16 that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. illegally appointed 13 new members to an influential vaccine panel beginning last June.

District Judge Brian Murphy also said that previous votes from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are invalid and blocked the government’s new vaccine schedule for children.

Stacy Robinson
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Stacy Robinson is a politics reporter for the Epoch Times, occasionally covering cultural and human interest stories. Based out of Washington, D.C. he can be reached at [email protected]