A federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily shut down a series of vaccine decisions made by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the past year. Among Kennedy’s changes that were shot down in the Massachusetts court were cutting off access to COVID vaccines and reducing the number of diseases covered by routine immunization. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Murphy noted in his decision on Monday that Kennedy’s changes to the childhood immunization schedule were “arbitrary and capricious,” and bypassed the evidence-based review process that the vaccine committee has utilized in the past. “Unfortunately, the government has disregarded those methods and thereby undermined the integrity of its actions,” Murphy, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, wrote in his decision. Regarding the ruling, Health and Human Services spokesperson Andrew Nixon told The New York Times that “HHS looks forward to this judge’s decision being overturned just like his other attempts to keep the Trump administration from governing.” The Daily Beast reached out to HHS for comment.
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