President Trump speaks before signing an executive order that calls for changing the childhood vaccine schedule. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images This is a developing story that will be updated. President Trump signed another executive order aimed at trying to upend the way U.S. children are
US President Donald Trump has signed an order that calls for fewer childhood vaccines and also recommends splitting the mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three individual shots. “Decades ago, children received only a small fraction of the vaccines required today,” Trump said on Monday. “In those times, people were much healthier and of
Polio vaccination in Pakistan, where the wild virus continues to circulate.Credit: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty If you are under 60, the global quest to eradicate polio has been with you for most of your adult life. During that time, the natural strain of the virus, also known as wild-type polio, has been eliminated from almost all countries.
Ten years ago, the virus that causes polio seemed to be on its way to extinction. In August 2016, Nigeria experienced its last two cases of the wild virus, leaving it circulating only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Amid global enthusiasm, Hamid Jafari, who at the time was leading polio operations and research at the World
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative, led by US Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr, aims to “tackle chronic diseases, improve nutrition and reduce healthcare costs.” To achieve these laudable goals, members of the MAHA movement have set out to reform American health policies on issues such as nutrition and vaccines and what
An Idaho mother accused of killing her twin sons will remain in jail after a judge revoked her bond. Prosecutors believe Andrea Shaw, 23, suffocated her children, who were found dead in their cribs in May 2025. Shaw, who has not yet pleaded guilty in the case, has blamed vaccines for their deaths. Her lawyer