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What was in President Donald Trump’s executive order about childhood vaccines signed in August 2026?

In the executive order “Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations,” Pres. Donald Trump required the federal government to recommend to states that the number of commonly administered childhood vaccines should be reduced from 17 to 11 and that every vaccine should be administered in a separate visit rather than in a single shot.