NIH Director Praises Measles Vaccine While Backing Trump’s Vaccine Overhaul

NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya praised vaccinating children against measles as admirable on Fox News while defending President Trump’s executive order to shrink universally recommended vaccines from 18 to 11 and move toward three separate MMR shots, a shift experts warn could leave children vulnerable longer; the context includes CDC data showing 2,465 measles cases and 38 outbreaks in 2026, and Bhattacharya’s view that the change would increase trust between parents and the government.