The new policy withdraws the COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for most children and pregnant women made by earlier vaccination policy. Groups suing include the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, the Infectious Disease Society of America and the Massachusetts Public Health Alliance.

Medical associations representing hundreds of thousands of doctors, medical professionals and scientists in the United States are suing the leaders of US health agencies for limiting who can get Covid-19 vaccines and for undermining overall vaccine confidence.