Trump vaccine order takes aim at states that limit exemptions

By: Tim Henderson

Outlets: Stateline

Published: August 12, 2026

Words: 701

Last Updated: 6 days, 9 hours ago

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A largely overlooked part of the executive order President Donald Trump issued this week scaling back the schedule for childhood vaccines threatens legal action against the four states that don’t allow personal or religious exemptions to school vaccine requirements.

Those states — California, Connecticut, Maine and New York — are among the states with the highest immunization rates, and they are among those that have been most successful in controlling the worst measles outbreak in …

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