Disabling ACIP during litigation makes national vaccine policy less effective

Protection and improvement of community health through prevention, surveillance, education and policy rather than individual treatment. In the United States it is delivered mainly by state and local agencies, with federal bodies setting guidance that carries little binding force on them.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine stance was reaffirmed on September 17, 2026, when he addressed the Children’s Health Defense conference, an anti-vaccine group he founded, and backed vaccine skeptics. His remarks signaled continued administration scrutiny of routine vaccine safety and broader mandate exemptions.