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medical Groups Sue CDC Over Vaccine Schedule Changes, states Seek Choice Guidance
Public health and medical groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to halt changes to the childhood immunization schedule recently announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The lawsuit,
“Court intervention is now essential to prevent further harm, protect evidence-based recommendations, and ensure that critical decisions affecting children’s health are made transparently and guided by evidence, not ideology,” plaintiffs’ attorney Richard Hughes IV saeid in a statement.
“We are confident that we will demonstrate for the court that this administration has acted arbitrarily and capriciously in revisions to the childhood immunization schedule and, furthermore, that the current ACIP will continue this destructive pattern if allowed to continue meeting,” Hughes said. “The integrity of the vaccine policymaking process is not a technical detail: it’s what maintains public trust in vaccination and protects communities across the country.”
A hearing on the case was held in federal court on february 13,2024. The outcome of the hearing is currently pending.
States seek guidance from physicians
At least 17 states have announced they will adhere to vaccine guidance from the American Academy of pediatrics (AAP) rather than the CDC, according to More on this