On July 7, 2025, six medical groups and a pregnant physician sued Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his principal deputies over changes made to federal COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
Filed Monday, the lawsuit argues that Kennedy’s directive, which removed guidelines recommending COVID vaccination for pregnant people and healthy children, is unlawful and “a pressing public health emergency that demands immediate legal action and correction.”
“The Directive is but one example of the Secretary’s agenda to dismantle the longstanding, Congressionally-authorized, science- and evidence-based vaccine infrastructure that has prevented the deaths of untold millions of Americans,” the suit states.
Plaintiffs include the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, the Infectious Diseases Society of America and several other groups.
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