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  "id": 500372,
  "title": "Trump signs executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccines, falsely linking shots to autism",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-signs-executive-order-calling-for-fewer-childhood-vaccines-500372",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-10T20:33:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC",
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    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/trump-vaccine-executive-order-autism.html"
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  "summary": "President Trump has signed an executive order regarding childhood vaccines. The order aims to reduce the number of vaccines children receive and suggests splitting some shots into separate medical visits. According to Trump, decades ago children received fewer vaccines and were healthier, with lower rates of autism.\n\nThe order recommends \"gold standard\" childhood vaccine schedules for 11 core vaccinations against serious diseases, including measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type B, pneumococcal disease, human papillomavirus, and varicella or chicken pox. Trump stated that his administration is reducing the number of vaccines and spreading them out over a series of doctor visits.\n\nThe federal government does not have the authority to implement new vaccine recommendations, as shots required for school attendance are set at the state level. The Trump administration has been criticised for promoting a discredited link between MMR vaccines and autism, despite multiple studies finding no link between the two. According to BBC News, separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines are not currently available for children in the US.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Healthline News",
        "title": "Trump Administration Considering Executive Order On Vaccines, Autism",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/trump-administration-considering-executive-order-on-vaccines-autism",
        "published": "2026-08-08T13:59:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Trump to sign executive order to reevaluate childhood vaccines",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-to-sign-executive-order-to-reevaluate-childhood-vaccines",
        "published": "2026-08-10T18:24:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Trump signs executive order to space out childhood vaccines — What the new plan means",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-signs-executive-order-to-space-out-childhood-vaccines-what-the",
        "published": "2026-08-10T19:49:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC World",
        "title": "Trump signs executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccines, falsely linking shots to autism",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-signs-executive-order-calling-for-fewer-childhood-vaccines",
        "published": "2026-08-10T19:53:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MedPage Today",
        "title": "Trump Issues Controversial Order on Vaccines, Suggests Autism Link",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-issues-controversial-order-on-vaccines-suggests-autism-link",
        "published": "2026-08-10T21:37:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About Childhood Vaccines After Executive Order",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/fact-checking-trumps-claims-about-childhood-vaccines-after-executive",
        "published": "2026-08-10T23:30:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}