Federal Judges Decide Vaccine Science

A district judge issued a preliminary injunction reversing recent changes to the national childhood immunization schedule and blocked appointment and votes of a reconstituted Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The opinion also explicitly evaluated and rejected the credentials of named scientific experts, signaling courts may now adjudicate which scientists count in administrative decision‑making. — If judges routinely adjudicate scientific credentials and agency technical judgments, regulatory certainty for public health will erode and the politicization of expertise will intensify.