Trump order endorses plan to reduce vaccines recommended for children
President Trump signed an executive order directing the CDC and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to review a recent Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) assessment on childhood vaccines. This order acknowledges the HHS assessment as a guide for the federal government in updating the vaccine schedule for children and adolescents.

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AI-generatedPresident Trump signed an executive order directing the CDC and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to review a recent Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) assessment on childhood vaccines. This order acknowledges the HHS assessment as a guide for the federal government in updating the vaccine schedule for children and adolescents. The review will consider scientific evidence, best practices from developed countries, and flexibility for doctors and parents regarding vaccine timing and sequencing. This action follows an HHS memo issued in January that reduced the number of recommended childhood vaccines. The White House stated the policy aims to align the core childhood vaccine schedule with scientific evidence while preserving access to currently available vaccines.
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4 extractedIt is the policy of the United States that the core childhood vaccine schedule should be aligned with scientific evidence and best practices from peer, developed countries while preserving access to vaccines currently available to Americans.
In January, HHS issued a memo reducing the number of vaccines recommended for children.
The order directs the US CDC and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to review the HHS assessment and clinical data to update the vaccines schedule for children and adolescents.
Donald Trump signed an executive order acknowledging a recent scientific assessment by the Department of Health and Human Services on childhood vaccines.