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  "id": 499518,
  "title": "Trump directs MMR vaccine to be split in three parts, backs autism claim",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-directs-mmr-vaccine-to-be-split-in-three-parts-backs-autism",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-10T20:32:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Endpoints News",
    "slug": "endpoints-news",
    "url": "https://endpoints.news/trump-directs-mmr-vaccine-to-be-split-in-three-parts-backs-autism-claim/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Donald Trump signed an executive order making changes to the childhood vaccination schedule. The order calls for the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to be split into three separate shots, once such products are available in the US.\n\nThe order also recommends that all childhood immunizations be administered at separate medical visits. According to The Guardian US, only six of the 17 vaccines routinely recommended for all children in the US would continue to have full recommendations.\n\nAt the signing of the order, Trump referred to the possibility of the combined MMR vaccine being \"quite lethal\" and also mentioned autism, despite studies showing no link between it and vaccines. The changes appear to be an attempt to override the authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is tasked with recommending vaccines.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Axios",
        "title": "Trump executive order would split up MMR vaccine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-executive-order-would-split-up-mmr-vaccine",
        "published": "2026-08-10T18:19:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Scientific American",
        "title": "Trump issues executive order aimed at rewriting childhood vaccine schedule",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-issues-executive-order-aimed-at-rewriting-childhood-vaccine",
        "published": "2026-08-10T19:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "STAT News",
        "title": "Trump returns to controversial vaccine policy with order questioning childhood schedule",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-returns-to-controversial-vaccine-policy-with-order-questioning",
        "published": "2026-08-10T19:29:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Watch: Trump signs executive order updating childhood vaccine recommendations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/watch-trump-signs-executive-order-updating-childhood-vaccine",
        "published": "2026-08-10T19:48:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "WATCH: Trump signs executive order on childhood vaccine recommendations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/watch-trump-signs-executive-order-on-childhood-vaccine-recommendations",
        "published": "2026-08-10T20:10:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Trump signs order to limit childhood vaccines and split MMR shots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-signs-order-to-limit-childhood-vaccines-and-split-mmr-shots",
        "published": "2026-08-10T20:16:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Trump signs executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccinations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-signs-executive-order-calling-for-fewer-childhood-vaccinations",
        "published": "2026-08-10T20:45:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Cassidy blasts vaccine order, saying Trump has no 'expertise to make these changes'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/cassidy-blasts-vaccine-order-saying-trump-has-no-expertise-to-make",
        "published": "2026-08-10T20:50:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Trump signs order to limit childhood vaccines and split MMR shots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-signs-order-to-limit-childhood-vaccines-and-split-mmr-shots-528842",
        "published": "2026-08-10T22:59:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}