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Trump asks RFK Jr. to ‘fast track’ vaccine schedule review
The review aims to align U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations with fewer vaccines used in peer developed countries, where the U.S. currently recommends immunizing against 18 diseases.
- On Dec. 5, President Donald Trump signed a memo ordering a fast-tracked review of every childhood vaccine recommendation, instructing HHS and CDC to align U.S. schedules with peer developed countries.
- Thursday and Friday, the ACIP held hearings in Atlanta that questioned the U.S. vaccine schedule compared with Denmark, noting CDC guidance recommends nearly all newborns receive hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours but many infants are lost to follow-up.
- The White House emphasized Trump said the U.S. recommends immunizing children against 18 diseases, more than Denmark's 10, Japan's 14 and Germany's 15, and supported ending the hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
- The memorandum directs HHS and the CDC to update the U.S. vaccine schedule if peer practices are superior, while Trump reiterated confidence in Robert F. Kennedy Jr., wrote Trump.
- Amid political debate, public health experts and committee liaisons said smaller populations and universal care complicate vaccine schedule comparisons, while a GOP senator called the CDC's hepatitis B change a mistake and noted President Donald Trump's history of questioning schedules.
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Trump Orders Review of All Childhood Vaccines, Weighing In Hours After Controversial Hepatitis-B Vaccine Decision
The president argues that America administers more childhood vaccines than other ‘peer’ countries and demands an assessment of best practices across those countries.
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