The Trump administration is fighting to keep slashing childhood vaccine recommendations after a federal judge temporarily blocked the move. On April 29, 2026, government lawyers filed an appeal to overturn a March 16 court order that paused Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to stop broadly recommending vaccines for flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, certain forms of meningitis, and RSV.
The same order also halted a meeting of Kennedy’s new vaccine advisory committee, leaving the administration’s efforts to reshape public health policy in legal limbo. According to ABC News, this latest legal battle is part of a broader lawsuit filed last July by the American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical groups.
