Trump’s frustration with RFK Jr.’s autism hunt helped trigger vaccine order: report
Trump’s order cuts the childhood vaccine schedule to 11 shots and directs a challenge to school requirements as Kennedy pursues autism research.
- On August 10, President Donald Trump signed an executive order reducing the federal childhood immunization schedule from 17 shots to 11, citing his belief that vaccines contribute to rising autism rates.
- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has failed to produce evidence linking vaccines to autism, despite promising shortly after taking office in early 2025 to identify causes behind rising rates.
- During a July 31 Cabinet meeting at Camp David, Trump asked Kennedy, "How are you doing on the autism research?" signaling urgency to White House aides that swift action was required.
- Leading medical groups warn the order will increase vaccine hesitancy among families, while administration officials privately say the policy change will not substantially satisfy Trump's demands or Kennedy's political base.
- Renowned psychologist Helen Tager-Flusberg described Kennedy's autism research efforts as "the most closed project that I've ever heard of," while scientists emphasize extensive research has thoroughly refuted vaccine-autism links.
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Trump's frustration that his administration was not doing enough to address what he considers a likely contributor to autism drove a U.S. executive order this month
Trump’s frustrations drove vaccine order, but MAHA wants more
U.S. President Donald Trump’s frustration that his administration was not doing enough to address what he considers a likely contributor to autism drove a U.S. executive order this month that cut back the number of childhood vaccinations, administration officials told Reuters.
States, parents aren't likely to accept Trump's new order on childhood vaccines
Childhood vaccines have become a battleground in the second Trump administration as the president and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seek to pare down the recommendations. Many states, parents reject that.
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