Trump orders review to align childhood vaccine schedule with other developed countries
President Trump has ordered a review of the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule, directing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the CDC director to fast-track a comparison of core childhood-vaccine practices in peer developed countries and to update the American schedule if other countries’ approaches are judged "better," while preserving access to currently available vaccines; the directive follows a CDC panel’s withdrawal of the universal infant hepatitis B birth recommendation. Trump praised the panel on Truth Social, Kennedy replied on X "Thank you, Mr. President. We’re on it," and the American Medical Association’s Sandra Adamson Fryhofer called the hepatitis B decision "reckless" and not based on scientific evidence.
đź“Ś Key Facts
- President Trump directed HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the CDC director to review 'best practices' from peer developed countries for core childhood vaccinations to consider aligning the U.S. schedule.
- The memo instructs that the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule should be updated if other countries' practices are judged 'better,' while preserving access to currently available vaccines.
- Trump praised a CDC panel's decision to end the universal hepatitis B birth‑dose recommendation for newborns in a Truth Social post.
- Kennedy replied on X: 'Thank you, Mr. President. We're on it.'
- American Medical Association official Sandra Adamson Fryhofer called the CDC panel's hepatitis B decision 'reckless' and said it was not based on scientific evidence.
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- Memo directs HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the CDC director to review 'best practices' from peer developed countries for core childhood vaccinations.
- Order says to update the U.S. childhood schedule if other countries’ practices are 'better,' while preserving access to currently available vaccines.
- Trump’s Truth Social quote praising the CDC panel for ending the universal hepatitis B birth recommendation for newborns.
- Kennedy responded on X: 'Thank you, Mr. President. We’re on it.'
- American Medical Association’s Sandra Adamson Fryhofer called the CDC panel’s hepatitis B move 'reckless' and not based on scientific evidence.