Judge sides with medical groups who challenged RFK’s vaccine policies

A federal judge has cleared the way for several prominent medical organisations to proceed with a lawsuit challenging policies enacted under U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, which they contend will lead to a decline in vaccination rates across the country.

U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston dismissed arguments from government lawyers who claimed the groups, including the American Academy of Paediatrics, lacked legal standing as they could not demonstrate direct harm from the policies. The lawsuit aims to invalidate all votes cast since June by a crucial vaccine advisory panel, whose members were personally selected by Kennedy.

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Source: Independent, 6 January 2026