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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kat Lay Global health correspondent

What effect will Donald Trump’s childhood vaccine recommendations have in the US and beyond?

Trump holds up a childhood vaccine recommendations sign as RFK Jr. stands behind him
Robert F Kennedy Jr looks on as Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

A new executive order from the US president, Donald Trump, calls for sweeping changes to childhood vaccine recommendations.

His plans would result in fewer vaccines being recommended overall; the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine being replaced with three separate shots, and all childhood immunisations being administered during separate medical visits “to the maximum extent feasible”.

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