The Trump administration has appealed a March order blocking key vaccine policy changes implemented or backed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Government lawyers on April 29 appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
They have not yet filed their brief.
U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, based in Massachusetts, on March 16 ruled for the American Academy of Pediatrics and other groups that challenged changes to vaccine recommendations.
Murphy said that Kennedy and other officials did not follow proper procedure in implementing the changes. He also said Kennedy failed to follow federal law and rules when selecting members for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel, known as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), after removing the previous members….