The six groups -- including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) -- as well as a pregnant woman filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

A coalition of doctors and public health groups is suing the U.S. government over its decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccines for most children and pregnant women.

Pediatricians say the parents of their patients are anxious and confused about vaccine safety and access as federal immunization policies shift under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.