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March 06, 2026
Mass. Judge Told Vax Committee Must Be Fairly Balanced
A key federal vaccine committee remains subject to statutory requirements that its membership be fairly balanced, a Massachusetts federal judge heard from both U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and medical organizations challenging his overhaul of the group.
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March 04, 2026
Judge Sets 'Hard Deadline' To Rule On Childhood Vax Policy
A Massachusetts federal judge said Wednesday he will rule within two weeks on a closely watched request to block the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from paring back the recommended childhood vaccine schedule.
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February 27, 2026
Judge Says RFK Jr.-Tied Group Can't Join Childhood Vax Suit
A Massachusetts judge said an anti-vaccine advocacy group with ties to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cannot join a lawsuit over the federal government's new childhood vaccine schedule, a day after the government said it opposed the group intervening in the case.
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February 18, 2026
RFK Jr.-Founded Group Seeks Role In Vaccine Lawsuit
An organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked a Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday to let it join the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary as a defendant in a lawsuit challenging recent changes to childhood vaccination schedules so the group can pursue counterclaims against the plaintiffs.
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February 13, 2026
Docs Urge Judge To Block CDC's Childhood Vaccine Changes
Doctors organizations Friday urged a Massachusetts federal judge to stop the government from implementing its new, shorter list of recommended vaccines for children and prevent the next meeting of a committee they say has been tainted by anti-vaccine influence.
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February 10, 2026
Abortion Rules, Vaccine Recommendations And More In Court
Abortion restrictions in Arizona are facing a new legal challenge, and an interstate clash over abortion pills is heating up. Here, Law360 Healthcare Authority takes a look at the week's top healthcare news.
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January 20, 2026
Childhood Vax Recs, 'Skinny Label' Case And More In Court
Law360 Healthcare Authority looks at a challenge by the American Academy of Pediatrics to recent changes in federal childhood vaccine recommendations, a patent case set for U.S. Supreme Court review concerning "skinny labels" on generic drugs and other significant litigation developments impacting the healthcare industry this week.
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January 06, 2026
RFK Jr. Can't Avoid Medical Groups' Challenge To Vax Policy
A Boston federal judge on Tuesday rebuffed U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bid to dismiss a challenge to vaccine policy changes, saying medical associations have plausibly alleged a federal vaccine committee is not fairly balanced.
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December 17, 2025
Doctors Not Harmed By CDC's Vaccine Guidance, Feds Say
The federal government argued Wednesday that doctors lack standing to challenge the overhaul of a key federal vaccine committee that has since downgraded the COVID-19 shot, saying healthcare providers haven't been harmed by the policy shifts.
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November 06, 2025
Med Groups Call To Break Up 'Politicized' CDC Vax Committee
A Massachusetts doctor and a group of public health trade associations want the federal government to break up a key vaccine committee tasked with nationwide vaccine policy, arguing in an amended lawsuit Thursday that the panel has been tainted with anti-vaccine sentiment.