Overview
- A federal injunction remains in place that pauses the CDC’s narrowed childhood vaccine schedule and suspends 13 of 15 new members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
- The judge called the administration’s actions an assault on scientific integrity and said most appointees lacked meaningful vaccine experience.
- The court found the CDC overstepped by cutting recommended protections from 17 diseases to 11 without proper review by ACIP, the expert panel that underpins CDC guidance used by states and insurers.
- Public-health stakes are rising as measles cases exceed 1,300 this year after more than 2,200 last year, with about 93% of infections in people who are unvaccinated or of unknown status.
- States are splitting from federal guidance, with many opting to follow the American Academy of Pediatrics, while coverage diverges as GEN and The Healthcare Blog stress process failures and Brownstone defends Kennedy’s changes and criticizes medical groups.