Attorneys general from 14 states led by Democrats and the governor of Pennsylvania are suing the Trump administration over changes to the recommended childhood vaccine schedule. CIDRAP has the news.
The lawsuit “asks the courts to nullify the administration’s decision to reduce the childhood vaccine schedule. The vaccine schedule previously recommended immunizing against 17 diseases, but in January the CDC moved to recommending against only 11.”
This is the second major lawsuit against HHS since the organization lowered the number of recommended vaccines.
This lawsuit questions the stated goal of moving the U.S. toward Denmark’s model of childhood immunization. Kris Mayes, attorney general of Arizona, said that “copying Denmark’s vaccine schedule without copying Denmark’s health care system doesn’t give families more options — it just leaves kids unprotected from serious diseases.”
