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Trump tells agencies to align with study calling for narrower childhood vaccine recommendations

The Independent·Collin Binkley·3 days ago
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President Donald Trump on Friday gave his endorsement to a January study by the Department of Health and Human Services that calls for cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every American child. An executive order from Trump directs federal agencies to align their policies behind the study, which recommended an overhaul long called for by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The study found that the United States recommends more childhood vaccines than many peer nations. The Trump administration previously moved to narrow the number of recommended childhood vaccines in response to the report, but the move was blocked by a federal judge in Massachusetts . The administration is appealing the decision. The study recommends vaccinating all children against 11 diseases.…

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