{
  "id": 506356,
  "title": "Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-signs-bonkers-order-that-cuts-vaccines-promotes-ones-that-dont",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-10T21:42:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ars Technica Health",
    "slug": "ars-technica-health",
    "url": "https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/trump-signs-bonkers-order-that-cuts-vaccines-promotes-ones-that-dont-exist/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Trump signed an executive order on Monday that drastically alters federal vaccine recommendations. The order intends to decrease the total number of recommended vaccines for children from 18 to 11, as well as alter their distribution and increase the frequency and number of medical visits required. However, these vaccine modifications lack any supporting evidence or are a result of recent findings. Instead, they are founded on misleading anti-vaccine fears about potential harms, including the disproved assertion that vaccines cause autism, and the spread of misinformation suggesting that multiple vaccinations may overwhelm a child's immune system. During a signing event at the White House on Monday afternoon, Trump falsely asserted that pediatricians possess a vaccine that appears to be the size of a soda bottle, stating that in many cases, bad things happen when it is poured into a child's body. This claim, which is an exaggeration and an epidemic, was made by Trump during the signing event.",
  "summary": "Trump falsely claimed the MMR vaccine is \"quite lethal\" and linked shots to autism.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Trump signs order attempting to override CDC vaccine schedule and break up MMR shots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-signs-order-attempting-to-override-cdc-vaccine-schedule-and",
        "published": "2026-08-10T19:06:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Trump signs executive order to change childhood vaccine schedule",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-signs-executive-order-to-change-childhood-vaccine-schedule",
        "published": "2026-08-10T19:25:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "What Is the MMR Vaccine? Trump Signs Order to Change Childhood Shot",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/what-is-the-mmr-vaccine-trump-signs-order-to-change-childhood-shot",
        "published": "2026-08-10T20:25:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fierce Healthcare",
        "title": "Trump signs executive order to overhaul pediatric vaccine recommendations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-signs-executive-order-to-overhaul-pediatric-vaccine",
        "published": "2026-08-10T20:58:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Trump signs order reducing recommended childhood vaccines",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-signs-order-reducing-recommended-childhood-vaccines",
        "published": "2026-08-10T21:13:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Trump order pushes for overhaul of childhood vaccine schedule",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-order-pushes-for-overhaul-of-childhood-vaccine-schedule",
        "published": "2026-08-10T21:35:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-signs-bonkers-order-that-cuts-vaccines-promotes-ones-that-dont-514242",
        "published": "2026-08-10T21:42:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Trump pushes rethink of school vaccine mandates and MMR shots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-pushes-rethink-of-school-vaccine-mandates-and-mmr-shots",
        "published": "2026-08-10T22:15:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "‘We’re reducing them’: Trump’s sweeping new US childhood vaccine order",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/were-reducing-them-trumps-sweeping-new-us-childhood-vaccine-order",
        "published": "2026-08-10T22:57:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}