{
  "id": 514242,
  "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",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-10T21:42:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ars Technica",
    "slug": "ars-technica",
    "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 seeks to decrease the number of essential vaccines all children receive from 18 to 11, while also dispersing them over a greater number of time periods and medical visits. These proposed changes in vaccine policy have no scientific foundation or are supported by recent research. Instead, they are rooted in unfounded anti-vaccine fears and misinformation surrounding potential side effects, including the false assertion that they may cause autism. This widely debunked belief has been thoroughly refuted and explained. During a signing ceremony at the White House on Monday, Trump made false claims, stating that pediatricians have a vaccine the size of a soda bottle, which is allegedly poured into a child's body and leads to adverse effects in many instances.",
  "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 Health",
        "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",
        "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."
}