A federal judge is blocking Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from proceeding with an overhaul of the nation's childhood vaccine schedule.
The judge ruled that Kennedy's changes to vaccine recommendations as well as an influential vaccine advisory committee violated federal law.
Kennedy and the CDC reduced the number of recommended shots from 18 to eleven, and the new guidance dropped recommendations that all babies should be protected against hepatitis A, hepatitis B, RSV, dengue and two types of bacterial meningitis.
The judge has also put a hold on the new members Kennedy appointed to the CDC's vaccine advisory committee last June.
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