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  "id": 500234,
  "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",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-10T20:16:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC News",
    "slug": "bbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3q5vl581wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Donald Trump has signed an order aimed at reducing the number of childhood vaccines and altering the administration of the mumps, measles, and rubella (MMR) shots. In a recent interview, Trump claimed that children once received a much smaller portion of the vaccines mandated today. He stated that in the past, individuals were far healthier and that the alarming prevalence of autism did not exist.\n\nThe Trump administration has persistently maintained a controversial hypothesis linking MMR vaccines to autism, despite numerous research studies failing to establish any connection between the two. It is important to note that the federal government lacks the authority to enforce these new recommendations. State-level regulations govern vaccinations required for school attendance.\n\nDuring a speech in the Oval Office, Trump announced that his administration is endorsing gold-standard childhood vaccine recommendations for 11 core vaccines, as opposed to the previously required 15. The immunisations recommended for all children under the order include protection against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type B, pneumococcal disease, human papillomavirus, and varicella or chicken pox. Trump emphasized that the administration is reducing both the number of vaccines administered and the frequency with which they are given, suggesting that the new policy entails receiving fewer shots over a series of doctor visits.",
  "summary": "The Trump administration recommends separating the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three different shots administered in separate visits.",
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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"
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        "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"
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      {
        "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"
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        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "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-501241",
        "published": "2026-08-10T20:16:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Endpoints News",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-10T20:32:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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."
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