'Rogue' Biden judge blocks critical pieces of RFK Jr.'s vaccine reform
By Joseph Mackinnon
Published on March 17, 2026.
A federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden has blocked three key elements of the Trump administration's vaccine reform, including the reconstitution of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the federal panel whose vaccine recommendations become official policy at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The judge, Brian Murphy, also halted the health secretary's reform of the child vaccination schedule and Kennedy's May 2025 directive rescinding the recommendation that pregnant women and healthy kids get the COVID vaccine. All 17 members of the ACIP were Biden appointees. Kennedy accused the panel of "malevolent malpractice" and vowed to appoint highly credentialed physicians and scientists who will make evidence-based public health decisions. The American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical groups sued the administration in July over its termination of COVID vaccines for healthy kids and pregnant women.
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