Trump administration order would upend nation’s childhood vaccine schedule
President Donald Trump signed an executive order that proposes reducing the number of recommended childhood vaccines and increasing the intervals between doses. The order would replace longstanding federal vaccine guidelines with a new schedule. Public health officials have warned that the changes could undermine immunization rates and increase disease risk.
- ▪The executive order calls for cutting the list of vaccines recommended for children and spacing out the administration of remaining shots.
- ▪It seeks to replace the current schedule established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
- ▪Health experts argue the changes could lead to lower vaccination coverage and resurgence of preventable diseases.
- ▪The order has sparked criticism from medical groups and state health departments, who say it conflicts with scientific consensus.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 11 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean right. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Trump Is the Real Vaccine Skeptic in His Administration — The Dispatch
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By Dan Diamond, Lena H. Sun and Rachel RoubeinPresident Donald Trump on Monday made his most significant attempt yet to reshape how Americans vaccinate their children, signing an executive order that called for cutting the number of recommended childhood vaccines, spacing out those shots and making other changes that would upend decades of federal guidance. CommentsSign up
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