Experts Question Denmark’s Vaccine Program

Experts question Denmark’s vaccine program as a model for the U.S.

The United States is expected to adopt the vaccine schedule used by Denmark, a much smaller country with universal health care.

Experts Question Denmark’s Vaccine Program

“The United States, a nation of 343 million people with a complex and overburdened health care system, is poised to adopt the childhood vaccine recommendations used in Denmark, a country of six million with universal health care. The decision has alarmed public health experts in both countries,” the New York Times reports. “Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. health secretary, is expected to announce the move in the new year. It would reduce the num…

Kennedy likely to swap US childhood vaccine schedule for Denmark’s – PR informa

A measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine is prepared at Seminole Hospital District in Seminole, Texas, Feb. 24, 2025. The Trump administration is expected to announce in the 2026 that American children should be immunized according to a different schedule with fewer vaccines — on used by the much smaller, largely homogenous country of Denmark. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times) By APOORVA MANDAVILLI Over the last year, Health Secretary Robert F. Ken…