US EditionTrump asks RFK Jr. to ‘fast track’ vaccine schedule review
Trump ordered a rapid review of the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule to align with peer nations, citing the U.S. recommends vaccines for 18 diseases versus 10-15 in comparable countries.
- 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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RFK Jr. Shakes Up Childhood Vax Schedule With Hep B Decision - Real News Now
The longstanding U.S. practice of giving hepatitis B shots to every newborn is coming to an end — thanks to a new CDC panel vote backed by President Donald Trump and fast-tracked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 8–3 this week to end the universal birth dose recommendation, a major departure from over three decades of policy. Under the new guidance, he…
Memo: Trump Wants U.S. Child Vaccine Schedules to Look More Like Japan and Europe's
President Donald Trump directed the U.S childhood vaccine schedule to be aligned with peer nations if a review by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds theirs are superior to the current U.S. schedule. The post Memo: Trump Wants U.S. Child Vaccine Schedules to Look More Like Japan and Europe’s appeared first on Breitbart.
Trump Orders Review of All Childhood Vaccines, Weighing In Hours After Controversial Hepatitis-B Vaccine Decision
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