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Trump administration appeals court order in effort to cut vaccine recommendations for kids
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Trump administration appeals court order in effort to cut vaccine recommendations for kids

The Independent·Mike Stobbe·about 1 month ago
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The Trump administration is appealing a judge's order as it tries to cut the number of vaccines recommended for every child in the United States . The appeal filed Wednesday was a delayed response to a March 16 court order that blocked the decision by President Donald Trump's health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, to end broad recommendations for all children to be vaccinated against flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, some forms of meningitis and RSV, a respiratory virus. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy's order also stopped a meeting of a Kennedy-appointed vaccine advisory committee. The stay continues while the appeal is considered. The government's one-sentence filing did not say why the block should be lifted. U.S. health officials did not immediately comment on the filing, or respond to a question about why they waited six weeks to file an appeal. The appeal is the latest development in a lawsuit filed in July by the American Academy of Pediatrics and some other medical groups.…

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