WHO says Trump vaccine shake-up goes against evidence

The World Health Organization has warned that US President Donald Trump's new child vaccine policy goes against decades of evidence, raising concerns about public health. According to reports, Trump's executive order aims to scale back the childhood immunization schedule and space out shots into separate visits.

The order reduces the recommended vaccines for children from 18 to 11, with some immunizations no longer routinely recommended but left to parental discretion. The order also encourages separate medical visits for each childhood vaccine, despite a lack of evidence that multiple vaccines at once overwhelm children's immune systems.

Trump's order does not ban vaccines or immediately overturn state vaccine mandates, but it gives presidential credence to the idea that the established vaccine schedule may be excessive or unsafe. The move has raised concerns amid rising vaccine hesitancy.

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