Trump urges shift in childhood vaccine recommendations, calls for splitting up MMR vaccine

By: Shauneen Miranda

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: August 10, 2026

Words: 656

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order that aims to reshape guidance surrounding childhood vaccines, standing alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and was met with immediate pushback.

The order — which calls on federal programs and funding to “support maximal parental choice over childhood vaccines” — came as Trump continued to erroneously connect vaccines with autism during the White House event and his administration has …

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