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Trump Signs Executive Order Calling for Separation of MMR Vaccine and Spacing Out Childhood Immunizations

President Donald Trump signed an executive order recommending that the combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine be split into three separate shots and that childhood vaccines be spaced out over multiple visits. The order, which goes against medical establishment guidance, also directs states to narrow their childhood vaccine requirements and challenges CDC authority over vaccination schedules.