A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's recently implemented childhood vaccine program, according to a report by NBC News. The decision came after several medical and physician organizations filed lawsuits against the government.
Kennedy, who has been described as vaccine-skeptical, pushed through the changes in January that resulted in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reducing the number of recommended childhood vaccinations from 18 to 11. Under the revised program, recommendations were removed for all infants to be vaccinated against diseases including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, RS virus, and two types of bacterial meningitis. The judge's ruling temporarily halts the implementation of these changes pending further legal review.