Trump limits childhood vaccines, citing autism

The order also calls for splitting the combined measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine into separate shots, which would require years of investment.

The proposed changes would mean parents would have to make more trips to the doctor to get the same protection against diseases for their young children.

The executive order recommends breaking up the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into individual shots, while immunizations for hepatitis B, COVID and the flu would no longer be universally endorsed

The Trump administration has long pushed a discredited link between vaccines and autism.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday restructuring the childhood vaccine schedule based on the hypothesis that the number of vaccines that children in the United States receive is the reason for rising rates of autism.  Trump’s executive order cut the number of vaccines that children receive from