Lawsuit calls Trump administration’s vaccine policies ‘radical and unlawful’

Complaint seeks to reinstate easy access to childhood shots and overturn appointments to a federal vaccine board.

By: Lilo H. Stainton

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: February 25, 2026

Words: 807

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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New Jersey joined a group of 15 states pushing to reverse “radical and unlawful” vaccine policy decisions made by the Trump administration that state leaders and most health professionals say endanger children’s lives and public health in general.

The lawsuit says Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the administration’s health and human services secretary, undermined public health by appointing vaccine skeptics to a key federal advisory panel and overseeing an effort to strip seven …

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