Trump signs executive order aimed at reducing number of recommended childhood vaccines
The order would recommend separate visits for each vaccine and split the measles, mumps and rubella shot into three doses, according to a White House fact sheet.
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing federal health agencies to overhaul childhood vaccine recommendations and reduce the number of vaccines routinely recommended for all children.
- The order calls for vaccines to be administered individually rather than in combination when possible, including splitting the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three separate shots.
- The revised recommendations would broadly recommend vaccines against 11 diseases instead of 17, while moving protections against several diseases, including influenza, hepatitis A and B, and some forms of meningitis, to high-risk or shared-decision categories.
- Trump repeatedly linked the changes to concerns about autism, suggesting that the increase in childhood vaccinations could be related to rising autism diagnoses.
- The order represents a major shift in federal vaccine policy under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., while medical and public-health experts have warned that weakening routine recommendations could reduce vaccination rates and leave children more vulnerable to preventable diseases.
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Trump order pushes for overhaul of childhood vaccine schedule
Many medical experts cast the push as scientifically baseless and potentially damaging to public health. Curbing vaccines has been a key priority for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who founded an anti-vaccine nonprofit and has long promoted a disproven link between immunization and autism. The federal government does not have direct control over several areas covered by the order. States, for example, have the authority to require vaccin…
Trump Signs Order on Childhood Vaccines
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Trump Announces Changes to Childhood Vaccine Recommendations, Sets 11 Core Vaccinations as 'Gold Standard'
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) signed an executive order, saying his administration would recognise "Gold Standard" recommendations for 11 core vaccinations against serious and dangerous diseases, along with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. World News | Trump Announces Changes to Childhood Vaccine Recommendations, Sets 11 Core Vaccinations as 'Gold Standard'.
The US President wants to recommend fewer children's vaccinations and divide up previous combination vaccinations. Experts warn against the return of potentially fatal diseases.
Trump order reduces US vaccine schedule
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday calling for fewer childhood vaccinations by limiting the inoculation schedule to 11 immunisations, which he said would give US children "gold-standard" protection and align the country with peer nations that recommend fewer shots. The order advances a long-standing goal of Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, an anti-vaccine activist who has promoted a link between vaccines and auti…
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