Court blocks Kennedy's bid to scale back childhood vaccine guidance

A federal judge temporarily blocked Health Secretary RFK Jr. from reducing the number of vaccines recommended for children and ruled that his overhaul of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices likely violated federal procedures, halting his January plan to end broad vaccine recommendations for diseases including flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A/B, meningitis and RSV. The move follows lawsuits from medical groups upset by the changes and puts ACIP appointments on hold and its upcoming meeting in jeopardy as the parties litigate.