Trump signed an order on Monday pushing for a rethink of school vaccine mandates and repeating calls for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine to be separated into three separate shots.His Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jnr founded an anti-vaccine group and has long promoted a disproved link between the MMR shot and autism.But WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the science was “unequivocal: vaccines – including the MMR vaccine – are safe and do not cause autism”.“vaccination policy should be guided by rigorous, independent and transparent review of the best available science, not by political influence,” he warned in a social media post.He said that the WHO was “concerned that recent changes to US immunisation policy are not aligned with decades of evidence that show when children are most vulnerable to disease”.
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WHO chief warns Trump’s vaccine policy overhaul is against ‘decades of evidence’
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that President Donald Trump's recent actions regarding US child vaccination policy contradict established scientific evidence. On Monday, Trump signed an order to re-evaluate school vaccine mandates and reiterated calls to separate the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine into individual shots.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that President Donald Trump's recent actions regarding US child vaccination policy contradict established scientific evidence. On Monday, Trump signed an order to re-evaluate school vaccine mandates and reiterated calls to separate the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine into individual shots. The WHO director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated that the science is clear: vaccines, including MMR, are safe and do not cause autism. He emphasized that vaccination policy should be based on scientific review, not political influence, and expressed concern that the US policy changes are not aligned with decades of evidence regarding child vulnerability to disease.
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Recent changes to US immunisation policy are not aligned with decades of evidence that show when children are most vulnerable to disease.
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Vaccination policy should be guided by rigorous, independent and transparent review of the best available science, not by political influence.
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Vaccines, including the MMR vaccine, are safe and do not cause autism.
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Trump signed an order pushing for a rethink of school vaccine mandates and calls for MMR vaccine to be separated into three separate shots.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. founded an anti-vaccine group and promoted a disproved link between the MMR shot and autism.
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