Medical groups sue over HHS COVID-19 vaccine recommendations
The American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical groups Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other health leaders over their decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccines to healthy children and pregnant women. The lawsuit, filed in Massachusetts, alleges the order violated the Administrative Procedure Act and demonstrated a 鈥減attern of hostility toward established scientific processes.鈥 The suit requests Kennedy鈥檚 order be declared unlawful, that the administration restore COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for pregnant women and Kennedy announce the reinstated guidance on X. Separately, Kennedy the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention鈥檚 ousted Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendation to expand access to respiratory syncytial virus vaccination and add a new option for meningococcal vaccination. (The Hill , 7/7/25)