Trump limits childhood vaccines, citing autism

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order limiting childhood vaccines, claiming without scientific evidence that inoculations cause autism. According to Semafor, the order also requires splitting the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine into separate shots, which would demand years of investment. Trump has long questioned vaccines; his Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shares this skepticism. Yet the administration's stance varies: Kennedy promoted the MMR vaccine last week even as the largest US measles outbreak in thirty-five years grows. Scientists say there is no evidence vaccines cause autism; they attribute rising diagnoses instead to changes in how the condition is diagnosed.

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