Federal judge temporarily blocks RFK Jr.’s vaccine policy changes amid lawsuit

MASSACHSETTS -- A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked many of the changes Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made to the federal vaccine policy since taking office in Feb. 2025.

ABC57’s Blake Parker spoke with the American College of Physicians president, Dr. Jason Goldman, and the American Public Health Association CEO, Dr. Georges Benjamin, to get a better understanding of what this means and how patients are affected.