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Trump Overhauls Childhood Vaccine Schedule via Executive Order

Trump Overhauls Childhood Vaccine Schedule via Executive Order

Trump signs executive order overhauling childhood vaccine schedule—separating MMR, reducing universal recommendations, emphasizing parental choice; bypasses CDC; raises public health and legal questions. This is a major healthcare policy shift under the MAHA agenda, with implications for school mandates and federal-state funding dynamics. Expert backlash includes GOP Sen. Cassidy. Timing during a measles outbreak adds urgency.

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Updated Aug 11, 2026