Trump signs order to limit childhood vaccines and split MMR shots - BBC News

The American Academy of Pediatrics calls the recommendation on measles, mumps and rubella shots "dangerous".

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Watch: Trump signs executive order on childhood vaccines, claiming discredited link between vaccines and autism

US President Donald Trump has signed an order that calls for fewer childhood vaccines and also recommends splitting the mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) shots.

"Decades ago, children received only a small fraction of the vaccines required today," Trump said. "In those times, people were much healthier and of course the high rates of autism now observed did not exist."

The president has long cast doubt on the safety of MMR vaccines, but multiple studies have found no connection between the shots and autism.