{
  "id": 581797,
  "title": "Trump faces backlash over childhood vaccines order",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/trump-faces-backlash-over-childhood-vaccines-order",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-11T16:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/newsletters/1230-report/6022721-trump-faces-backlash-over-childhood-vaccines-order/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccines. According to Semafor, the order aims to split the combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine into separate shots, which would require years of investment.\n\nThe order also recommends that parents spread out vaccination schedules for their children, with Trump alleging an unproven connection with autism, as reported by CBS News. However, scientists say there is no evidence that jabs cause autism, with rising diagnoses more likely due to changing diagnostic criteria than increased prevalence, according to Semafor.\n\nThe executive order was not accompanied by any new scientific evidence, and it revives the administration’s attempt to slim down the immunization schedule, as reported by both BioPharma Dive and Healthcare Dive. Trump has long been skeptical of vaccines, and his Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has also expressed critical views, although Kennedy recently promoted the MMR shot amid a growing US measles outbreak.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}