President Trump Issues Executive Order Reshaping Federal Childhood Vaccine Recommendations

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to modify federal childhood vaccine recommendations, introducing a new framework that categorizes immunizations into three groups: those recommended for all children, those for high-risk groups, and those subject to shared decision-making between parents and healthcare providers. The order specifies routine childhood immunizations for 11 diseases, while vaccinations for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rotavirus, meningococcal disease, influenza, and COVID-19 are moved to shared clinical decision-making.