President Donald Trumpsigned an executive order scaling back the federal childhood vaccination schedule from 17 to 11 shots due to frustration over the pace of research into alleged autism links.- The executive order calls for unbundling the combined MMR vaccine into separate doses and instructs the Justice Department to challenge state-level school vaccine mandates.
- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.is overseeing agency studies into potential vaccine dangers, though scientific consensus consistently shows no link between vaccines and autism. - Leading medical associations warned that the directive will sow confusion, heighten vaccine hesitancy, and leave more children vulnerable to preventable diseases.
- Administration officials noted that the executive order does not fundamentally transform immunization policy on its own, with long-term changes dependent on ongoing agency reviews.
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