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"This decision protects children, respects families, and rebuilds trust in public health."

"This [2026] decision recommits HHS to all three [transparency, rigorous science, and respect for families]."

"This decision commits NIH, CDC, and FDA to gold standard science, greater transparency, and ongoing reassessment as new data emerge."

"No family will lose access.This [2026] framework empowers parents and physicians to make individualized decisions based on risk, while maintaining strong protection against serious disease."

"The data support a more focused schedule that protects children from the most serious infectious diseases while improving clarity, adherence, and public confidence."

“I think that a reduced schedule is going to endanger children and lay the groundwork for a resurgence in preventable disease.”

“Changing the pediatric vaccine schedule based on no scientific input on safety risks and little transparency will cause unnecessary fear for patients and doctors, and will make America sicker.”

“There will be more diseases, more infection, more hospitalizations.”

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 10 recommending that children receive vaccines against 11 diseases rather than the 17 previously advised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and directing that the MMR vaccine be split into three separate shots.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 10 recommending that children receive vaccines against 11 diseases rather than the 17 previously advised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and directing that the MMR vaccine be split into three separate shots.

The order divides the childhood immunization schedule into three categories: vaccines recommended for all children, those advised only for high-risk groups and those subject to shared decision-making between parents and doctors, including flu and COVID-19 shots.

The order divides the childhood immunization schedule into three categories: vaccines recommended for all children, those advised only for high-risk groups and those subject to shared decision-making between parents and doctors, including flu and COVID-19 shots.

Public health experts have warned that spacing out vaccine visits increases the risk that children contract a preventable disease before completing their immunization schedule. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician, said the order "will increase hesitancy and make children less safe."

Public health experts have warned that spacing out vaccine visits increases the risk that children contract a preventable disease before completing their immunization schedule. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician, said the order "will increase hesitancy and make children less safe."

The order directs the attorney general to pursue legal challenges against states that do not allow religious or medical exemptions to school vaccine mandates. It also urges states to update their own vaccine requirements to reflect the administration's revised recommendations.

The order directs the attorney general to pursue legal challenges against states that do not allow religious or medical exemptions to school vaccine mandates. It also urges states to update their own vaccine requirements to reflect the administration's revised recommendations.

A previous administration attempt to shorten the childhood vaccine schedule was blocked by a federal court, which found the government had bypassed the evidence-based process traditionally used for vaccine recommendations. Medical organizations brought the lawsuit, arguing the decisions were "arbitrary and capricious."

A previous administration attempt to shorten the childhood vaccine schedule was blocked by a federal court, which found the government had bypassed the evidence-based process traditionally used for vaccine recommendations. Medical organizations brought the lawsuit, arguing the decisions were "arbitrary and capricious."

Trump signed the order as the U.S. faces its worst measles outbreak in decades and amid declining childhood vaccination rates since the COVID-19 pandemic. Kennedy said at the signing event that an unknown environmental factor, not vaccines, is responsible for rising autism diagnoses.

Trump signed the order as the U.S. faces its worst measles outbreak in decades and amid declining childhood vaccination rates since the COVID-19 pandemic. Kennedy said at the signing event that an unknown environmental factor, not vaccines, is responsible for rising autism diagnoses.

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