"Judge Brian Murphy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued an order to stay Secretary Kennedy's appointments to the ACIP committee, stating the appointments were likely made in violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which prohibits the appointment of special interest advocates to government advisory panels."
"The plaintiffs alleged Kennedy replaced experienced ACIP members with anti-vaccine advocates to undermine the scientific process used to determine the CDC's vaccine guidelines, and that the changes to vaccine guidance were enacted to 'gradually desensitize' the country to anti-science rhetoric."
"The suit was filed to seek injunctions against Kennedy and HHS for his changes to federal COVID vaccine recommendations, downgrades to the childhood vaccine schedule, and the secretary's dismissal of all 17 members of ACIP."
A federal judge determined that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act by dismissing all 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and replacing them with anti-vaccine advocates. The ruling resulted from a lawsuit filed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and other health organizations challenging Kennedy's changes to federal COVID vaccine recommendations and the childhood vaccine schedule. Judge Brian Murphy issued an order staying Kennedy's ACIP appointments and all votes taken by the new committee, effectively blocking revisions to the childhood vaccine schedule issued in January. The court found that the appointments likely violated federal law prohibiting special interest advocates on government advisory panels.
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