Trump orders split of childhood MMR vaccine schedule
On Aug. 10, the president signed an executive order directing childhood measles, mumps, and rubella vaccinations to be given as separate shots and spaced across more visits. The article says no advanced country offers single-disease MMR shots and that separate vaccines do not yet exist, which would take about a decade to develop. The U.S. was a major funder of global measles control through Gavi and has cut WHO out of Gavi funding talks, while global measles cases and U.S. outbreaks are rising, raising reputational and program risks worldwide.
The order recommends splitting the combined MMR vaccine.
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The president issued an order to change the U.S. vaccine schedule. The United States was a large funder of global measles campaigns. Other countries may need to replace lost support or face rising measles spread.
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