Viewpoint: The global implications of Trump’s misguided vaccine policy STAT News | August 18, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/08/18/viewpoint-the-global-implications-of-trumps-misguided-vaccine-policy/ President Trump signed an executive order on August 10, 2026, that could turn getting your kid vaccinated into a multi-visit ordeal. The order, dubbed “Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations,” directs that childhood vaccines — including the combined measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) shot — be given at separate appointments “to the maximum extent feasible.” The order also encourages states to loosen school vaccine mandates. One infectious disease physician argues the fallout reaches far beyond U.S. borders.