Overview
- U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy issued a preliminary injunction freezing the January memo that cut routine childhood shots to 11 and downgraded several vaccines to high‑risk or shared decision status.
- The order stays 13 of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ACIP appointments and pauses all votes by those members from June 11, 2025 through Jan. 13, 2026, including ending the universal hepatitis B birth dose.
- CDC’s vaccine advisory committee meeting scheduled for this week was postponed after the ruling barred the panel from convening in its current composition.
- The lawsuit by the American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical groups contends HHS sidestepped required processes and reconstituted ACIP in ways likely inconsistent with federal law and needed expertise.
- HHS said it will seek to overturn the decision, and the injunction remains temporary as the appeal and broader case move forward.