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By Lumen-News
January 22, 2026

A lawsuit filed Wednesday against the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is being described as “one of the most important lawsuits in medical history.”

“This major lawsuit has been filed in federal court against one of the most powerful medical organizations in the United States, the American Academy of Pediatrics or AAP,” explains pediatrician Dr. K. Paul Stoller in a short video about the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

In the video, Stoller – one of a number of plaintiffs in the case – highlights that the lawsuit claims “something extraordinary: that the American Academy of Pediatrics has engaged in a decades-long pattern of fraud comparable to the tobacco industry’s historic deception about smoking risks.”

https://youtu.be/N_6DnqqifIY

Both Stoller and pediatrician Dr. Paul Thomas, another plaintiff, assert they experienced harm to their professional reputations as a result of their opposition to AAP guidelines.

These doctors are joined in bringing the lawsuit by Children’s Health Defense (CHD), founded by now-Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the parents of four children who either died or experienced injuries after receiving routine childhood vaccines.

AAP lists as its “current partners” multiple pharmaceutical companies that provide funding at $50,000 and above, qualifying them for participation in their “President’s Circle.”

“Through an annual membership contribution to the Fund, these companies are invited to a Corporate Summit held each summer at the AAP National Headquarters in Itasca, IL.,” AAP states on its website.

Other pharmaceutical corporations are listed as “patrons” of AAP for donations of between $25,000 and $49,999.

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