U.S. Considers Reducing Childhood Vaccines Amid Policy and Legal Changes
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U.S. health officials, including RFK Jr., are considering adopting European vaccine schedules that recommend fewer vaccines, citing cost and safety concerns, but experts warn this could increase disease risks in the U.S., where access to healthcare and disease prevalence differ significantly from Europe.
- RFK Jr. says the U.S. should look to Europe on vaccines. That could mean Americans get fewer. Politico
- Trump administration’s plan to shrink vaccine schedule sends health sector scrambling statnews.com
- Opinion | Three Experts on Vaccines, Measles and Kennedy The New York Times
- Exclusive: HHS planning to overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend fewer shots, source says CNN
- The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake vaccine schedule CIDRAP
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