From The New York Times... Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice
Here is... The Lawsuit.
If the above piece doesn't come up for you at the link, here's a posting from ABC News... Medical groups sue HHS, RFK Jr. over 'unlawful' vaccine changes
Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the federal Department of Health and Human Services, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public.
The suit, filed in federal court in western Massachusetts, seeks to restore Covid vaccines to the list of recommended immunizations for healthy children and pregnant women.
Mr. Kennedy has been on a “decades-long mission” to undermine vaccines and to portray them as more dangerous than the illnesses they are designed to prevent, said Richard H. Hughes IV, a lawyer who teaches vaccine law at George Washington University and is leading the effort.
“The secretary’s intentions are clear,” Mr. Hughes said: “He aims to destroy vaccines.”
The H.H.S. did not immediately respond to a request for comment...
Mr. Kennedy’s decision “didn’t follow the normal process,” Dr. Benjamin added.
Normally, scientific advisers to the C.D.C. would debate the research and make recommendations to the agency’s director. Mr. Kennedy made the announcement without consulting C.D.C. staff or its independent advisers.
The secretary and his associates have also ignored statements from professional organizations, Dr. Benjamin said.
“This is not a group that follows advice, it’s not a group that responds to political pressure, but so far, they respond to legal pressure,” he added.
Although the lawsuit focuses on access to Covid vaccines — the only recommendation for which the plaintiffs believed they were able to demonstrate harm — more vaccine decisions may be added...
The suit, filed in federal court in western Massachusetts, seeks to restore Covid vaccines to the list of recommended immunizations for healthy children and pregnant women.
Mr. Kennedy has been on a “decades-long mission” to undermine vaccines and to portray them as more dangerous than the illnesses they are designed to prevent, said Richard H. Hughes IV, a lawyer who teaches vaccine law at George Washington University and is leading the effort.
“The secretary’s intentions are clear,” Mr. Hughes said: “He aims to destroy vaccines.”
The H.H.S. did not immediately respond to a request for comment...
Mr. Kennedy’s decision “didn’t follow the normal process,” Dr. Benjamin added.
Normally, scientific advisers to the C.D.C. would debate the research and make recommendations to the agency’s director. Mr. Kennedy made the announcement without consulting C.D.C. staff or its independent advisers.
The secretary and his associates have also ignored statements from professional organizations, Dr. Benjamin said.
“This is not a group that follows advice, it’s not a group that responds to political pressure, but so far, they respond to legal pressure,” he added.
Although the lawsuit focuses on access to Covid vaccines — the only recommendation for which the plaintiffs believed they were able to demonstrate harm — more vaccine decisions may be added...
If the above piece doesn't come up for you at the link, here's a posting from ABC News... Medical groups sue HHS, RFK Jr. over 'unlawful' vaccine changes
Several major medical organizations filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday over what they are calling "unlawful, unilateral vaccine changes."
The six groups -- including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) -- as well as a pregnant woman filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
The organizations, representing pediatricians, infectious disease physicians and public health professionals, accused the HHS and Kennedy of intentionally taking away vaccines, such as the COVID-19 vaccine, and unjustly replacing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) entire vaccine advisory panel.
The lawsuit seeks preliminary and permanent injunctions to enjoin Kennedy's new COVID vaccine recommendations and a declaratory judgment pronouncing the change as unlawful...
The six groups -- including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) -- as well as a pregnant woman filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
The organizations, representing pediatricians, infectious disease physicians and public health professionals, accused the HHS and Kennedy of intentionally taking away vaccines, such as the COVID-19 vaccine, and unjustly replacing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) entire vaccine advisory panel.
The lawsuit seeks preliminary and permanent injunctions to enjoin Kennedy's new COVID vaccine recommendations and a declaratory judgment pronouncing the change as unlawful...
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