President Trump signed an executive order changing recommendations around childhood vaccines, citing autism in his remarks, a claim health experts and fact-checkers say is not supported by scientific evidence.
Doctors pushed back on the order, warning it could reduce vaccination rates and leave children more vulnerable to preventable diseases. A Republican senator also criticized the move, calling it potentially dangerous.
The order is part of a broader push by the administration to reduce the number of vaccines recommended for children, a policy shift that has drawn sustained criticism from the medical community.
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