Trump signs order to limit and split childhood vaccines

2m 25 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleSareen HabeshianBBC News - WorldFiled 2026-08-10 · 19:35 GMTLean · CenterRead · 1 min

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President Donald Trump has signed an order proposing fewer childhood vaccines and the separation of the mumps, measles, and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three individual shots. Trump stated that in the past, when children received fewer vaccines, they were healthier and autism rates were not as high. The article notes that the Trump administration has promoted a discredited link between vaccines and autism, and that multiple studies have found no such connection with the MMR vaccine.

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Multiple studies have found no link between the MMR vaccine and autism.

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People were healthier and autism rates were lower decades ago.

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Children received a small fraction of vaccines decades ago compared to today.

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The order recommends splitting the MMR vaccine into three individual shots.

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US President Donald Trump signed an order calling for fewer childhood vaccines.

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US President Donald Trump has signed an order that calls for fewer childhood vaccines and also recommends splitting the mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three individual shots."Decades ago, children received only a small fraction of the vaccines required today," Trump said on Monday. "In those times, people were much healthier and of course the high rates of autism now observed did not exist."The Trump administration has long pushed a discredited link between vaccines and autism.Multiple studies have found no link between the MMR vaccine and autism.

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