Cornyn posts data on vaccines preventing deaths after Trump executive order Comments: by Ashleigh Fields - 08/11/26 5:00 PM ET

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6023448-cornyn-cassidy-vaccine-dispute-trump/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--aqpblQ4YoQBhbgaDzpx_dt3LLCoKpQwvIdlONyzd3JJ01uJPc4U7076x_QdzEXcXVmSasSycE5fEChTa6T9lX4HAswg&_hsmi=432809376&utm_content=432809376&utm_source=hs_email VACCINES CIDRAP: After Revising Charter, HHS Seeks Nominees For Its National Vaccine Advisory Committee The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking nominations for membership on the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC), according to a notice in the Federal Register. Although it won’t be published until [Wednesday], the Federal Register features a link to the unpublished document. (Van Beusekom, 8/11) NBC News: Trump Wants The MMR Vaccine Divided Into Three Shots. Is That Even Possible? Dividing the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine into three separate shots would be likely to cost millions of dollars and take years to accomplish, vaccine experts say, making it impossible to follow President Donald Trump’s latest directive to break up the immunizations and give them at three doctor’s office visits. (Edwards, 8/11) The Hill: Cornyn Posts Vaccine Data After Trump Passes Executive Order Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) shared a post on Tuesday touting the effectiveness of vaccines following President Trump’s executive order seeking to decrease childhood vaccines and buck the standard order of shots by dividing immunizations for mumps, measles and rubella (MMR). “Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years of whom 101 million were infants younger than 1 year,” read a post from Cornyn’s account on the social platform X. Cornyn was directly citing an article published by The Lancet, a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. (Fields, 8/11) The Hill: Dr. Ashish Jha Slams Trump Administration's New Childhood Vaccine Guidelines Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House coordinator of the COVID-19 pandemic under former President Biden, is speaking out against the Trump administration’s new “gold standard” recommendations for childhood vaccines. On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order that would split up the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot across three separate doctor’s visits. ... Jha called the move a “terrible idea” in a Monday interview with NewsNation, The Hill’s broadcast partner. (Davis, 8/11) Stat: Health Care Industry Pushes Back On Trump Vaccine Policy Changes Health industry leaders pushed back on President Trump’s executive order on vaccines this week — including those he may need to rely on for his agenda. (Payne, 8/11) The Hill: WHO Defends Global Immunization Guidelines After Trump Vaccine Order The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday defended its immunization guidelines amid the Trump administration’s decision to decrease the number of recommended childhood vaccines in the U.S. (Davis, 8/11)