Healthcare & Social Policy: Vaccine Schedule Overhaul and Gender-Affirming Care Ban

Trump signs executive order overhauling childhood vaccine schedule—separating MMR, reducing recommended vaccines from 17 to 11, bypassing CDC. Trump administration finalizes rule barring Medicaid/CHIP funding for gender-affirming care for minors; legal challenges expected. HHS announces mandatory GRAS notifications and ultra-processed food definition. New: Trump administration defunds teen pregnancy prevention programs and pushes abstinence-only sex education.