Pediatricians and Health Departments Sidestep Trump’s CDC on Vaccine Guidance By Karen Brown, New England Public Media Aug. 5, 2026

Pediatricians and Health Departments Sidestep Trump’s CDC on Vaccine Guidance When the Trump administration upended years of vaccine advice, it left pediatricians in a quandary. Many say they can no longer direct families to the CDC as a trusted source of information. So some are creating their own. By Karen Brown, New England Public Media Aug. 5, 2026 https://kffhealthnews.org/public-health/pediatricians-health-departments-vaccine-guidance-cdc-trusted-source/ KFF Health News: Pediatricians And Health Departments Sidestep Trump’s CDC On Vaccine Guidance For the last 30 years, whenever pediatrician John Snyder wanted to find the most up-to-date research on treating young patients, he would turn to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If he wanted to learn more about an outbreak of measles or hantavirus, he would pore over the weekly CDC report that came by email. If a patient’s family was traveling to Africa or Asia, he would check the latest CDC vaccine recommendations for overseas travel. And if a family was worried about potential side effects from a shot, he could always send them to the CDC’s website to bolster his argument to get the immunization. (Brown, 8/5)