Donald Trump asks "What’s hurt by giving them separately?" on splitting vaccines

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that rewrites parts of the federal childhood vaccine schedule, calling for the combined measles, mumps and rubella shot to be replaced with three separate injections and for other childhood immunizations to be spaced across distinct medical visits. At the signing, Trump cited worries about autism; the next day, in an interview, he repeated claims about the combined shot without citing evidence and argued for separating it, saying he saw no harm. Health experts say the changes lack scientific justification and could increase clinic visits and reduce coverage. The order arrives amid a U.S. measles outbreak, with more than 2,400 cases recorded this year. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also posted a vaccination graphic that fact-checkers have called misleading.