Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Reducing Number of Childhood Vaccines
August 11th, 2026Via: The Defender:
President Donald Trump today signed an executive order calling for sweeping changes to U.S. vaccine policy, including reducing the number of diseases for which kids receive routine childhood vaccines from 18 to 11.
The executive order, first revealed by the Daily Caller earlier today in advance of Trump’s announcement, also recommends splitting the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three shots, delivered separately over 18 months.
The executive order recognizes “gold standard childhood vaccine recommendations for only ?11 ?core vaccinations against the most serious and dangerous diseases, along with the MMR, which hopefully will be split up,” Trump said today during a signing ceremony at the White House, where he was joined by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The executive order also ends administration of the birth dose of the hepatitis B shot, matching a recommendation made last year by a CDC advisory committee.
