U.S. Vaccination Policy Change
Following article from 'Life Site News' Tue Jun 2, 2026 - 1:07 pm EDT
Trump signs executive order backing major overhaul of childhood vaccine schedule
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday backing a recent Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) decision to reduce the number of required childhood vaccines, bringing the U.S. more in line with scientific evidence.
“By signing today’s Executive Order, President Trump is reaffirming his commitment to gold-standard science, ensuring Americans receive the best possible medical advice, and empowering patients and doctors with maximum flexibility,” the White House said in a fact sheet issued with the order.
The fact sheet notes that the HHS assessment “compared U.S. childhood immunization recommendations with those of peer nations, analyzed vaccine uptake and public trust, evaluated clinical and epidemiological evidence and knowledge gaps, and examined vaccine mandates.”
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The assessment “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,” according to the fact sheet.
Trump’s order directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to review the assessment “and take any appropriate steps to update the U.S. childhood and adolescent vaccine schedule.”
Over the last five decades, the number of mandated childhood vaccines has skyrocketed. The fact sheet explains:
In 1980, American children following the CDC immunization schedule received 23 vaccine doses in 7 shots against 7 different diseases. In 2024, the recommended number of routine vaccines had risen to at least 84 vaccine doses in at least 57 shots for 17 diseases, plus the RSV monoclonal antibody immunization for a total of 18 diseases. This is more than other developed nations.
The HHS assessment recommends prioritizing just 11 childhood vaccines.
It also reduced recommended HPV vaccine doses from two or three to one, although questions remain as to why it is still being recommended at all, given that HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that cannot be acquired through casual contact.
Shortly after taking office in February 2025, Trump signed an order establishing the President’s MAHA Commission, “tasking the Commission with investigating and addressing the root causes of America’s escalating health crisis—with an initial focus on childhood chronic diseases,” the fact sheet says. It adds:
The Trump Administration ended the blanket recommendation for all children to get the COVID-19 vaccine, updating its recommendation to be based on shared clinical decision-making between patients and clinicians.
In May, the MAHA Commission released the Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment, summarizing what is known and what questions remain regarding the childhood chronic disease crisis.
In September, the MAHA Commission released the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy, a sweeping plan with more than 120 initiatives to reverse the failed policies that fueled America’s childhood chronic disease epidemic. The strategy prioritized development of a vaccine framework that ensures America has the best childhood vaccine schedule.
In December, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to begin the process to align U.S. core childhood vaccine recommendations with best practices from peer, developed countries. END.
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