Doctors groups and public health organizations are suing the U.S. government over the decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for most children and pregnant women.

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s decision to delay a meeting of a key preventive services task force less than two weeks after the US Supreme Court cemented his authority over the panel’s work is stoking ongoing concerns about his agenda.

Kennedy, Jr. Kennedy announced in May that he “couldn't be more pleased that, as of today, the Covid vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC recommended immunization schedules.” The lawsuit accuses Kennedy ...

Several leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit against U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Health and Human Services on Monday, arguing that current policies on COVID-19 vaccines pose an imminent threat to public health.

The lawsuit alleges that a decision in May to remove COVID-19 vaccines from the federal list of recommended vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women was unlawful.

Kennedy also implied that ACIP only ever adds vaccines to the schedule, acting as a rubber stamp for industry. But ACIP recommendations came after analyzing evidence and weighing the benefits and ...

Kennedy’s vaccine panel met for the first time. Here’s what to know. The meeting offered a glimpse into how the new Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will operate — and how ...

During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I am not going to go into HHS and impose my preordained opinions on anybody at HHS,” he said. “I’m going to empower the scientists at HHS to do their job and make sure that we have good science that is evidence based.”

The reconstituted C.D.C. panel will revisit the standard vaccination schedule. The former head of an anti-vaccine group is now a special federal employee.