- President Donald Trump has signed an executive order titled Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations that alters federal guidance for childhood vaccines and urges states to reconsider school immunization requirements.
- The new guidance categorizes childhood vaccines into three distinct tiers, reducing universally recommended immunizations to 11 core vaccines while removing COVID-19, influenza, and Hepatitis B from general recommendation.
- Trump called for breaking up the combined Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine into three separate single-dose shots, despite single-dose MMR components not currently being available on the market.
- During his announcement, Trump regurgitated discredited theories linking childhood vaccines to autism spectrum disorder, ignoring extensive scientific research that has debunked any connection.
- The executive order notes that parents may still choose to administer non-core vaccines to their children with insurance coverage, while formally advising states to review and potentially update their immunization laws.
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