- The Justice Department asked the 1st Circuit to undo a judge's order that sidelined most of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointees to the CDC vaccine advisory panel, saying the group can't make its annual flu-shot recommendations without them.
- The March ruling found Kennedy replaced nearly all prior experts in a "tainted" process and put several vaccine-policy votes (including changes to childhood vaccine recommendations) on hold; the DOJ is not contesting those specific holds.
- The dispute frames a bigger fight — government lawyers say judges shouldn't re‑evaluate political appointments, while medical groups say the panel was stacked to weaken vaccine policy — and the appeal has been expedited with briefs due late July.
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