Doctors and public health organizations sue Kennedy over vaccine policy change

AP News ^ | Updated 6:23 PM CDT, July 7, 2025 | MIKE STOBBE

[E. Pluribus Unum]

NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of doctors’ groups and public health organizations sued the U.S. government on Monday over the decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for most children and pregnant women.

The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association and four other groups — along with an unnamed pregnant doctor who works in a hospital — filed the lawsuit in federal court in Boston.

U.S. health officials, following infectious disease experts’ guidance, previously had urged annual COVID-19 shots for all Americans ages 6 months and older. But in late May, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he was removing COVID-19 shots from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women.

Many health experts decried the move as confusing and accused Kennedy of disregarding the scientific review process that has been in place for decades — in which experts publicly review current medical evidence and hash out the pros and cons of policy changes.

The new lawsuit repeats those concerns, alleging that Kennedy and other political appointees at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have flouted federal procedures and systematically attempted to mislead the public.

The lawsuit also notes recent changes to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Kennedy, a leading antivaccine activist before becoming the nation’s top health official, fired the entire 17-member panel this month and replaced it with a group that includes several anti-vaccine voices.

Doctors say Kennedy’s actions are making their jobs harder — with some patients raising doubts about all kinds of vaccines and others worried they will lose access to shots for themselves and their children.

“This is causing uncertainty and...

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

You again.

[Bob434]

A coalition of mass murderers says what now?

[lastchance]

“The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association and four other groups — along with an unnamed pregnant doctor who works in a hospital — filed the lawsuit in federal court in Boston.”

This is the same American Academy of Pediatrics which is all gungho for sterilizing children either by medical or surgical means sometimes both.

They are the enemy of good.

[Revel]

The Covid shots were only recommended because of corruption and non-following of standard timelines in the first place. IMO these doctors are condoning murder and should lose their medical licenses.

[metmom]

Hey, they can likely administer any vaccines people want to take.

The objection is to FORCING it on everyone.

And filing a lawsuit demanding people be forced to take vaccines is (hopefully) not going anywhere. But sad to say in today’s world........

[albie]

How does it work? Do they get per shot or in a bulk rate?

[metmom]

Many health experts decried the move as confusing and accused Kennedy of disregarding the scientific review process that has been in place for decades — in which experts publicly review current medical evidence and hash out the pros and cons of policy changes.

The new lawsuit repeats those concerns, alleging that Kennedy and other political appointees at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have flouted federal procedures and systematically attempted to mislead the public.

The irony considering how this so-called *vaccine* was pushed through flaunting all the usual vaccine development protocols, and they actually had to change the definition of *vaccine* to get this to qualify.

It's never been anything but an experimental medical *treatment* that is still in it's long term testing phase.

And is failing spectacularly what with all the damage it's been known to inflict on people.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Pretty hard to do follow up for side effects when you got the shot in a parking lot. Should make it mandatory that 1, 2,6,9 month follow ups with annual follow ups for all emergency authorization shots. Mandatory reporting by doctors for all other shots based upon patient reports of side effects.