Directed CDC/HHS to 'realign' U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations with peer nations. Under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — who had replaced the entire CDC advisory committee (ACIP) — the recommended schedule was cut from 17 to 11 diseases, dropping routine newborn hepatitis B and COVID-19 recommendations.
Executive order directing a review, implemented by a reconstituted ACIP and CDC schedule changes in late 2025/early 2026.
Negative impactsubstantiated
Reversed long-standing, evidence-based immunization guidance over medical objections.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and other groups sued; a federal judge blocked steps. Public-health experts warned that dropping newborn hepatitis B and COVID recommendations risks resurgent disease.
Negative impactsubstantiated
Decisions made by a panel of vaccine skeptics after an opaque review.
RFK Jr. ousted all 17 prior ACIP members and installed allies; critics say the schedule was cut despite decades of safety data.
Positive impactcontested
Supporters frame it as aligning with peer nations and respecting parental choice.
The administration argued the U.S. recommended more childhood vaccines than countries like Denmark and emphasized 'informed consent.'