{"id":2177579,"date":"2026-04-03T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/?p=2177579&#038;post_type=article&#038;preview_id=2177579"},"modified":"2026-04-03T05:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:13:17","slug":"listen-wamu-health-hub-julie-rovner-explains-acip-vaccine-schedule-court-judge","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/listen-wamu-health-hub-julie-rovner-explains-acip-vaccine-schedule-court-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen: What the Vaccine Schedule Whiplash Means for Your Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#f1f3f4;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">LISTEN: After a federal judge blocked the Trump administration&#8217;s efforts to pare down childhood vaccine recommendations, plenty of questions remain \u2014 like how annual vaccines for the flu will get approved. KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner spoke with WAMU about how the decision is rippling through the public health system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/040126HHROVNERVAX-REMINGTON.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"block--sidebar alignright \">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kaiser-health-news-partner block--partner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"partner__image--link\" href=\"https:\/\/wamu.org\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"partner__image\" src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/wamu-logo.png?w=120\" alt=\"Partner logo\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"partner__content\">\n\t\tThis story also ran on <a href=\"https:\/\/wamu.org\">WAMU<\/a>. It can be <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/listen-wamu-health-hub-julie-rovner-explains-acip-vaccine-schedule-court-judge\/view\/republish\/\">republished for free<\/a>.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>Big swings in federal vaccine policy are creating confusion for some parents and clinicians. A <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/podcast\/what-the-health-438-rfk-vaccine-schedule-changes-blocked-obamacare-midterms-march-19-2026\/\">federal judge recently struck down<\/a> Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s new, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/decision-memo-adopting-revised-childhood-adolescent-immunization-schedule.pdf\">shortened list of recommended vaccines<\/a> for all kids. But with the Trump administration likely to appeal, the situation is in flux. 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