Briefing 4: Navigating the Impact of Federal Actions on Public Health Practice

Allison Winnike, director of the Western Region at the Network for Public Health Law, and Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, professor of law at UC Law San Francisco, provided an overview of recent federal actions assailing vaccines and described their impact on vaccine access, infectious disease rates, and emergency preparedness. They also discussed current legal challenges to these actions, and shared strategies and considerations for public health practitioners.

Chat Resources

• Briefing series is sponsored by Act for Public Health: https://actforpublichealth.org/
• Access recordings from earlier Act for Public Health briefings: https://actforpublichealth.org/event/act-for-public-health-2025-briefings/
• Register for Act4PH briefing series: https://actforpublichealth.org/event/act-for-public-health-2025-briefings/
• ACIP meeting information: https://www.cdc.gov/acip/meetings/index.html
• Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/
• Democracy 2025: Response Center Tracker https://www.democracy2025.org/response-center
• State of Colorado v. HHS (re public health funds): https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69829000/
• Case re NIH grant cancellations: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69835536/
• Article re two recent rulings in NIH lawsuits: https://www.propublica.org/article/
• ASTHO recently released a resource on the impact of ACIP on state law: https://www.astho.org/topic/resource/impact-of-acip-recommendations-on-state-law/
• Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT), https://www.circle4future.org