President Trump signed an executive order pushing for the combined MMR vaccine to be split into three separate shots at separate appointments, and reviving the debunked vaccine-autism link, even as measles cases hit their highest levels in more than three decades.
Pediatricians and researchers, including Dr. Paul Offit and Dr. Molly O'Shea, say the order is not based on science, that combined MMR produces a better immune response than separated doses, and that no such single vaccines even exist in the U.S. currently.
The order also revives changes to the childhood vaccine schedule that a federal judge already blocked once, from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who spent years leading the anti-vaccine movement before taking the job meant to oversee vaccine policy.
Doctors warn the immediate effect will be confused parents during back-to-school checkups, with kindergarten vaccination rates already falling and exemption rates at an all-time high.
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