{"slug": "trump-lost-patience-with-rfk-jr-s-autism-research-before-vaccine-shake-up", "title": "Trump lost patience with RFK Jr.’s autism research before vaccine shake-up", "summary": "President Donald Trump signed an executive order scaling back the federal childhood vaccination schedule from 17 to 11 shots, driven by frustration over the pace of research into alleged autism links. The 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.", "body_md": "# Trump lost patience with RFK Jr.’s autism research before vaccine shake-up\n\n[President Donald Trump](/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-maha-ai-data-centers-rfk-jr-b3037333.html)signed 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.\n- Health Secretary\n[Robert F. Kennedy Jr.](/news/world/americas/us-politics/fda-heidi-overton-trump-rfk-b3036003.html)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.\n- 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.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-lost-patience-with-rfk-jr-s-autism-research-before-vaccine-shake-up", "canonical_source": "https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/trump-kennedy-vaccine-executive-order-b3038263.html", "published_at": "2026-08-24 13:50:33+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-24 14:13:03.344230+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Donald Trump", "Robert F. Kennedy Jr.", "Justice Department"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-lost-patience-with-rfk-jr-s-autism-research-before-vaccine-shake-up", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-lost-patience-with-rfk-jr-s-autism-research-before-vaccine-shake-up.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-lost-patience-with-rfk-jr-s-autism-research-before-vaccine-shake-up.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-lost-patience-with-rfk-jr-s-autism-research-before-vaccine-shake-up.jsonld"}}