New York Backs 4-Vaccine Maternal Schedule as Trump Cuts 7 Shots From Child Guidance
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Updated · Newsday · Aug 11
New York Backs 4-Vaccine Maternal Schedule as Trump Cuts 7 Shots From Child Guidance
2 articles · Updated · Newsday · Aug 11
Summary
New York health officials on Monday endorsed a pregnancy schedule that includes COVID-19, flu, pertussis and RSV, rejecting narrower CDC guidance backed by the Trump administration.
The split widened after Trump signed an executive order reducing the federal childhood schedule and urging wider spacing of shots, including breaking the 2-dose MMR series into separate vaccines not currently sold in the U.S.
State Health Commissioner James McDonald said the order changes neither New York requirements nor recommendations, adding no new research was presented and that splitting MMR offers no clinical benefit after more than 55 years of use.
Medical groups including ACOG and the AMA said the federal changes conflict with scientific evidence, while infectious-disease specialists again rejected claims linking vaccines to autism or calling combined MMR dangerous.
The dispute leaves New York following professional medical societies rather than federal policy, with the state recommending 7 more childhood vaccines than the administration's 11-disease schedule.