Geneva, Aug 12, 2026 (AFP) - WHO says Trump vaccine shake-up goes against evidence

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2026-08-12

The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that Donald Trump's bid to overhaul child vaccination in the United States went against "decades of evidence". President Trump signed an order Monday pushing for a rethink of school vaccine mandates and repeating calls for the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine to be separated into three separate shots. His Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr founded an anti-vaccine group and has long promo......

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