Overview
- The Trump administration, two weeks after a judge froze its vaccine overhaul, has taken no step to appeal and is still weighing whether to fight the ruling, according to four senior officials.
- The court found the CDC acted unlawfully when it cut the list of broadly recommended childhood vaccines and said Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unlawfully replaced the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel with ideologically aligned picks.
- A Politico/Public First poll shows 47% of self‑described MAHA supporters and 41% of Trump 2024 voters say the administration has not done enough on MAHA goals, and many respondents view Democrats as more trustworthy on health.
- MAHA organizations, including allies of Kennedy, are urging an appeal and say they expect the ruling to be overturned, while Children’s Health Defense has sought to involve itself in the case.
- The White House has shifted its public health messaging toward food and children’s nutrition, and a separate move enabling more Roundup production has angered MAHA activists who see it as a breach of core anti‑pesticide promises.