Children’s Health Defense Will Appeal Rulings in High-Profile Vaccine Lawsuit

Children’s Health Defense (CHD) on Wednesday said it will appeal two federal court rulings tied to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) ongoing lawsuit challenging recent changes to federal vaccine policy.

CHD said it will appeal U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy’s Feb. 27 denial of CHD’s motion to intervene in the AAP’s lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

CHD will also appeal Murphy’s March 16 preliminary injunction that paused recent changes to vaccine policy and prohibited any further meetings of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) pending resolution of the AAP’s lawsuit against HHS.

Judicial precedent allows parties who argue they were wrongfully denied the opportunity to intervene in a case to appeal a ruling affecting their interests.