Trump signs order to overhaul US childhood vaccine schedule, backs split MMR shots

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to overhaul the country's childhood vaccination recommendations, reducing the federal schedule and calling for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to be administered as three separate shots. The move, pushed alongside Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has triggered criticism from doctors and public-health experts.

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order seeking major changes to the country’s childhood vaccination schedule, including reducing the number of vaccines recommended for all children and separating the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three individual shots.

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The order directs federal health authorities to revise recommendations so........

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