A federal appeals court on Oct. 6 questioned an order from a U.S. district judge that blocked a panel of vaccine advisers from meeting, as it considers staying the judge’s order.
“What is the harm that needs to be redressed, or that would justify this kind of intrusive relief?” one of the judges on a U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit panel asked during an oral hearing in the case.
In March, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Massachusetts blocked a January overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule by federal officials, ruling that they neglected to involve panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines called ACIP….