Trump Backs HHS Plan to Reduce Recommended Childhood Vaccines
The plan would cut recommended childhood immunizations from 17 to 11 and make several shots optional or limited to high-risk groups, the AP reported.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the CDC to review an HHS study calling for reducing childhood vaccines, a change long championed by Health Secretary Robert.
- The Department of Health and Human Services study recommends reducing recommended childhood immunizations from 17 to 11, aiming to align U.S. vaccine policy with strategies used in Denmark.
- Under the plan, the CDC would transition vaccines for influenza, COVID-19, and RSV to 'shared decision-making' categories, recommending them only for high-risk groups rather than all children.
- The American Medical Association criticized the directive, with AMA President Bobby Mukkamala stating, "There is no credible scientific evidence" to support such a change and that current schedules protect vulnerable children.
- States retain authority over vaccination requirements for schools, and past administration attempts to narrow recommendations faced a federal injunction from a Massachusetts judge that remains under appeal.
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AMA Statement On Executive Order Directing CDC To Further Assess Childhood Vaccine Schedule
By Bobby Mukkamala, MD President American Medical Association “There is no credible scientific evidence to support changing the current childhood vaccine schedule. That schedule is built on decades of rigorous research and real-world data, and it is designed to protect children in the U.S. when they are most vulnerable based on our nation’s disease burden. “Altering it without clear, evidence-based justification risks continued confusion for par…
Trump Orders CDC to Slash Bloated Vaccine Schedule
American children receive more than twice as many vaccine doses as kids in some European nations, and President Trump is ordering federal health officials to do something about it. The president signed an executive order Friday directing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to overhaul the U.S. childhood and adolescent vaccine schedule, bringing it in line with practices from other developed countries that maintain high vaccination rat…
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