President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 29 directing agencies to align with a scientific assessment that recommended fewer childhood vaccines.
Trump’s order references a scientific assessment by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that compared U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations with those of other developed nations.
The study, issued in January, found that “the United States currently recommends more childhood vaccines than any peer nation, including more than twice as many vaccine doses as some European nations,” it stated.
The order also directed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its vaccine advisory panel to review the assessment and the latest clinical data and take steps to update the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule….