"President and RFK Jr, the health secretary, repeatedly referred to autism during signing, though studies show no link between it and vaccines"
"Donald Trump has signed an executive order with plans for sweeping changes to the childhood vaccination schedule that attempts to override the authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
It is an attempt to undergird the changes made earlier this year to CDC vaccination recommendations, which were halted by a federal judge. The CDC is the federal agency tasked with recommending vaccines, not the White House.
The order would also require that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine be broken into three separate shots, once it becomes available in the US. And it would recommend that all shots be given at separate medical visits, a frequent point Trump has made despite the safety, ease and lower costs of giving vaccines together."
Melody Schreiber and Joseph Gedeon report for the Guardian August 10, 2026.
SEE ALSO:
"Trump Demands Major Changes To Childhood Vaccine Recommendations" (Washington Post)
"Trump Signed An Executive Order Calling For Fewer Childhood Vaccines" (New York Times)
