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Trump Orders Vaccine Spacing

Trump urged changes to childhood vaccine schedules, drawing rebukes from medical groups.

from 23 sourcesUpdated Aug 12, 4:05pm ET

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President Donald Trump signed an Aug. 10 executive order to revise childhood vaccine guidance, replacing CDC 2024 recommendations covering 18 diseases with a narrower schedule covering 11. It calls for spacing vaccines across separate visits, splitting the combined MMR shot into individual measles, mumps and rubella shots, and pressing states to reconsider school vaccine requirements. It also directs DOJ challenges to laws lacking religious and medical exemptions and repeats an autism link not supported by scientific evidence; pediatric groups, WHO and vaccine makers warned the changes could lower immunization.

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Anti-vaccine dangerMostly Left

Trump’s childhood vaccine actions are rooted in false or scientifically baseless anti-vaccine ideas rather than established medical evidence. They will undermine proven immunization guidance, encourage vaccine refusal, and expose children to preventable disease.

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