‘Astounding’ vaccine change puts US behind peer countries, experts warn

Scientists predict increased disease outbreaks after Trump officials no longer recommend third of childhood vaccines

The bombshell announcement that the Trump administration no longer fully recommends a third of childhood vaccines means the US moved from leading globally on vaccination to lagging behind other high-income nations in preventing disease, experts say.

The move is the latest and most significant escalation against vaccines from Robert F Kennedy Jr, a longtime vaccine skeptic and current secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).