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  "id": 661404,
  "title": "WHO says Trump vaccine shake-up goes against evidence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/who-says-trump-vaccine-shake-up-goes-against-evidence",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-12T12:26:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/who-says-trump-vaccine-shake-up-goes-against-evidence/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order changing the country's childhood vaccination policy. According to The Conversation AU, the order reduces the recommended vaccines for children from 18 to 11 and no longer routinely recommends vaccines against hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rotavirus, meningococcal disease, influenza and COVID.\n\nThe order also calls for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) to be given separately once individual products become available and encourages separate medical visits for each childhood vaccine. This is despite there being no evidence that having multiple vaccines at the same time overwhelms children's immune systems, as per The Conversation AU.\n\nThe World Health Organization has warned that Trump's new child vaccine policy goes against decades of evidence, raising concerns about public health, as reported by Punch Nigeria. Various public health and medical organizations have also responded with backlash, calling the order \"dangerous,\" \"unscientific,\" \"false,\" and \"misleading,\" and saying it puts children's health at risk, according to Ars Technica.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "WHO says Trump vaccine shake-up goes against evidence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/who-says-trump-vaccine-shake-up-goes-against-evidence-663695",
        "published": "2026-08-12T12:00:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "WHO says Trump vaccine shake-up goes against evidence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/who-says-trump-vaccine-shake-up-goes-against-evidence-663067",
        "published": "2026-08-12T12:03:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "WHO says Trump vaccine shake-up goes against evidence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/who-says-trump-vaccine-shake-up-goes-against-evidence-662864",
        "published": "2026-08-12T12:48:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Trump's vaccine order comes with political risks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trumps-vaccine-order-comes-with-political-risks",
        "published": "2026-08-12T22:16:49.000Z"
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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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