Doctors Sue to Stop RFK Jr.’s ‘Dangerous’ Childhood Vaccine Schedule Purge
The Daily Beast • • health
Key Points:
- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is suing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to overturn the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) recent reduction of the childhood vaccine schedule, which now recommends fewer vaccines for children unless they are high-risk or a doctor advises otherwise.
- The AAP describes the change as "reckless" and "dangerous," claiming it has disrupted pediatric care nationwide, forcing doctors into crisis mode and complicating parents' access to vaccines.
- The lawsuit alleges HHS bypassed legally required evidence-based procedures in revising the vaccine schedule and seeks to disband Kennedy’s vaccine advisory panel, which is accused of being stacked with anti-vaccine members.
- The revised schedule was justified by
