April 24, 2026
The Trump administration has asked a Massachusetts federal judge to press pause on a challenge to its new childhood vaccine schedule while it considers appealing the court's order blocking the changes, a request the plaintiffs called a delay tactic.
April 06, 2026
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making changes to a key federal vaccine advisory panel's charter, according to a renewal notice the agency published Monday, after a Massachusetts federal judge last month declared Kennedy's committee picks "appear distinctly unqualified."
March 17, 2026
The legal reasoning behind a Massachusetts court's decision to freeze major changes to national vaccine policy is simpler than you might expect.
March 16, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration's modified childhood vaccine schedule and put all decisions made by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s federal vaccine policy committee on hold, finding they veered sharply from normal procedure and likely violated the law.
March 06, 2026
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.
March 04, 2026
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.
February 27, 2026
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.
February 18, 2026
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.
February 13, 2026
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.
February 10, 2026
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.