US Health Secretary Faces Legal Challenge Over COVID-19 Vaccine Policy

The US Secretary of Health's announcement that it will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccination for children and pregnant women has met with strong opposition from US health experts.

On July 7, several leading medical organizations in the US filed a lawsuit against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accusing him of "endangering public health" regarding new recommendations on the COVID-19 vaccine.

In late May, Secretary Kennedy announced on social media that the federal government would no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccination for children and pregnant women, an announcement that was met with strong opposition from health experts.

In the lawsuit, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Physicians (ACP) and several other prestigious medical organizations called on the court to cancel Secretary Kennedy's "unilateral and unscientific " directive and bring the COVID-19 vaccine back into the vaccination program.

One of the plaintiffs, pediatrician Tina Tan, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said Secretary Kennedy “deprived parents of the right to choose to protect their children through vaccination.”

The complaint was filed in the northeastern US state of Massachusetts. Federal health officials have not yet responded to the matter.

Since taking office in February under the Trump administration, Kennedy has been pushing to overhaul US vaccination policies.

Last June, he fired all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), then appointed new members of his own choosing with the slogan "Make America Healthy Again"./.

(TTXVN/Vietnam+)

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