An Executive Order, a Confirmed Director, and 20 Straight Months of Measles: The State of US Vaccine Policy
The order lowers federally recommended childhood vaccines from 18 to 11 and directs HHS to create three separate MMR shots.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reducing recommended childhood vaccines from 18 to 11 and directing the HHS to split the MMR vaccine into three separate shots.
- The order cites a report comparing the country to 20 peer nations, attributing lower immunization trust to high vaccine counts. Career scientists disputed the findings, stating conclusions lacked 'extensive consultation with the agency's subject matter experts.'
- Sen. Bill Cassidy termed the directive 'bad policy on multiple levels,' arguing it prioritizes ideology over science. The American Academy and Pediatrics organization challenged similar schedule changes in court.
- Newly sworn-in Director Erica Schwartz faces immediate pressure to navigate the order. Cassidy expressed confidence that Schwartz, a former Coast Guard health official, will 'do the right thing' and protect established vaccine guidelines.
- State authorities retain primary control over vaccine mandates, and Colorado officials confirmed no local implementation changes. The CDPHE continues to recommend American Academy and Pediatrics guidelines grounded in 'the best available science.
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NY Daily News: Impeach And Remove Sec. Brain Worm
The New York Daily News editorial board writes: Donald Trump and his dangerous health secretary Bobby Kennedy Jr. struck another blow against public health by issuing an executive order intending to space out childhood vaccinations and to separate out the common measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, replicating a push at the CDC that had been blocked by a federal judge. RFK Jr. should be impeached and removed by Congress for his assault agai…
The Oregonian
Editorial cartoons for Aug. 16, 2026: New vaccine rules, Trump decoy plane, surveillance state
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations “that promote his long-held but discredited theory that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits,” the Associated Press reported.
Doctors Will Bear Witness to the Childhood Suffering
(MedPage Today) -- We are living in truly unprecedented times. On August 10, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reshaping the nation's childhood immunization schedule, including directing HHS to pursue separate measles, mumps, and...
RFK’s anti-vax crusade is cause for his removal
President Donald Trump and his dangerous health secretary Bobby Kennedy Jr. struck another blow against public health by issuing an executive order intending to space out childhood vaccinations and to separate out the common measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, replicating a push at the CDC that had been blocked by a federal judge. The post RFK’s anti-vax crusade is cause for his removal appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
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PIX 11New York State not changing vaccine recommendations amid White House Executive Order
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - New York State is pushing back against President Donald Trump's Executive Order that rewrites federal childhood vaccination guidelines. "We think we're going to have tremendous results," Trump said this week during a press conference in the Oval Office with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The order calls [...]
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