WHO defends children's vaccination schedules after Trump's controversial decision - Sarmad

The World Health Organization defended on Tuesday the scientific basis underlying childhood immunization schedules, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s signing of an executive order aimed at reducing the number of vaccines recommended for children in the United States.

On Monday, Trump signed an executive order calling for the number of vaccines included in the childhood immunization schedule to be cut to 11. He said the move would provide American children with the “gold standard” of protection and bring the United States into greater alignment with other developed countries that recommend fewer vaccines.

According to a fact sheet first published by the Daily Caller, the order recommends administering each vaccine in a separate visit, splitting the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine into three separate doses, and directing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve vaccine research.

Separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines are not available for children in the United States.

Vaccine experts say that some developed countries recommending fewer vaccines face different health risks and rely on disparate healthcare systems.

The executive order advances a long-standing goal of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has questioned vaccine safety and claimed a link between vaccines and autism, despite scientific studies and public health authorities finding no evidence of such a connection.