{
  "id": 1283565,
  "title": "GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy on Trump’s vaccine executive order: ‘Stupid thing to do’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/gop-sen-bill-cassidy-on-trumps-vaccine-executive-order-stupid-thing",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-16T14:20:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News (US)",
    "slug": "abc-news-us",
    "url": "https://abcnews.com/Politics/gop-sen-bill-cassidy-trumps-vaccine-executive-order/story?id=135685348"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Republican Senator Bill Cassidy disapproved of President Donald Trump's executive order limiting childhood vaccinations. Cassidy, a physician and Louisiana senator, declared the measure a \"stupid thing to do\" during an interview on ABC News This Week with Martha Raddatz. He argued that parents would face higher costs, increased inconvenience, and unnecessary medical procedures for their children. The order would split the MMR vaccine into separate doses, requiring six shots instead of two, and increase the number of doctor visits. Cassidy emphasized that there is no scientific evidence linking vaccines to autism, despite Trump's erroneous claims about the connection.",
  "summary": "Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said on ABC News' \"This Week\" that Trump's executive order on vaccines was a \"stupid thing to do.\"",
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "WHO chief says Trump vaccine push goes against ‘decades of evidence’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/who-chief-says-trump-vaccine-push-goes-against-decades-of-evidence",
        "published": "2026-08-12T15:30:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Trump’s new childhood vaccine order ‘not supported’ by evidence, experts say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/trumps-new-childhood-vaccine-order-not-supported-by-evidence-experts",
        "published": "2026-08-13T18:48:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Why experts think Trump’s push for an MMR vaccine split won’t pan out",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/why-experts-think-trumps-push-for-an-mmr-vaccine-split-wont-pan-out",
        "published": "2026-08-14T12:39:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Health",
        "title": "Trump's vaccine order would require millions of individual shots last used decades ago",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/trumps-vaccine-order-would-require-millions-of-individual-shots-last",
        "published": "2026-08-14T20:16:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Australian health experts fear US vaccine scepticism is catching on as ‘anything Trump says filters through’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/australian-health-experts-fear-us-vaccine-scepticism-is-catching-on",
        "published": "2026-08-16T15:00:29.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}