WASHINGTON (AURN News) — A fight over children’s health is back at the center of the White House. President Donald Trump signed an executive order pushing to shrink the list of universally recommended childhood vaccines from 18 to 11.
The vaccines left off the universal recommendation list would instead move to what’s called shared decision-making between parents and doctors.
Back in January, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s team tried nearly the same overhaul, but a federal judge blocked it, ruling that the administration skipped the legal process required to change vaccine policy.
Trump also linked the order to autism, despite decades of research finding no connection between vaccines and autism.
Pediatric groups are warning that the move could lead to more outbreaks, hospitalizations and preventable illnesses among children.
And according to CNN, Trump’s own advisers have cautioned that the fight is unpopular heading into the midterms.
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