More than a dozen states, including California, sued the Trump administration over its rollback of vaccine recommendations for children, calling the move an illegal threat to public health. The lawsuit escalates an ongoing battle between Democratic-led states and the Trump administration over the federal government’s changes to public health policy under the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr. The Trump administration has laid off thousands of workers at federal public health agencies, cut funding for scientific research, and altered government guidance on fluoride and other topics. The lawsuit comes months after the Democratic governors of California, Washington state and Oregon launched an alliance to establish their own vaccine recommendations. The governors said the Trump administration was risking people’s health by politicizing the CDC.

Source: The Guardian February 26, 2026 01:18 UTC