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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Stobbe

Trump administration appeals court order in effort to cut vaccine recommendations for kids

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The Trump administration is appealing a judge's order as it tries to cut the number of vaccines recommended for every child in the United States.

The appeal filed Wednesday was a delayed response to a March 16 court order that blocked the decision by President Donald Trump's health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, to end broad recommendations for all children to be vaccinated against flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, some forms of meningitis and RSV, a respiratory virus.

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