Trump Admin Asks Court to Overturn Order Blocking RFK Jr’s Vaccine Panel Appointments

Government lawyers argued that the court order prevented a key vaccine panel from achieving a quorum.

Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 22, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The Trump administration on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to reverse a ruling that had blocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s appointment of 13 members to a key vaccine advisory panel.

U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy ruled in March that Kennedy’s appointees did not possess the required vaccine-related expertise and blocked them from serving on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Murphy also blocked the panel’s new vaccine schedule for children.