
On July 7, 2025, a coalition of major medical and public health organizations—including the American Academy of Paediatrics, American College of Physicians, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America—filed a federal lawsuit against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Health and Human Services. They challenge his May 19 directive, which removed the blanket recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination among healthy pregnant individuals and children, downgrading it to a “shared decision‑making” status instead