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The topic opens with a report by the Wall Street Journal that US President Donald Trump is pressing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to scale back the recommended childhood vaccine schedule. According to that account, the pressure comes from the president himself and is directed at the head of the federal health administration, placing the dispute at the top of the US government rather than among expert committees alone. What is at stake is the guidance that determines which vaccines are recommended for children in the United States and when. Any change to the schedule would therefore affect immunisation advice for children nationwide. The reporting so far describes pressure rather than a decision, and no concrete change to the schedule has been confirmed. It is also unclear from the available material how Kennedy has responded or what timeline, if any, is attached to the request.
The childhood vaccine schedule is the official US recommendation setting out which vaccines children should receive and at what age. It underpins the immunisation guidance used across the country, so revisions to it carry wide practical reach. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. serves as US Health Secretary, the cabinet post responsible for federal health policy. The current dispute concerns whether that schedule should be reduced, with President Trump reported by the Wall Street Journal to be pushing for cuts. Beyond that report, the specifics of what changes are being sought have not been detailed.
يزيد الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترامب من ضغطه على وزير الصحة روبرت ف. كينيدي الابن لتقليص جدول التطعيمات الموصى به للأطفال، وفقاً لوول ستريت جورنال. وسيؤثر أي تغيير في هذا الجدول على إرشادات التحصين للأطفال في جميع أنحاء الولايات المتحدة.