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Trump signs order to use HHS vaccine assessment as federal guide

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FILE PHOTO: Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stand outside the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 1, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stand outside the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 1, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Kevin Lamarque Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to acknowledge a recent scientific assessment by the Department of Health and Human Services on childhood vaccines as a guide for the federal government, the White House said on Friday.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Bhargav Acharya; editing by Costas Pitas)

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This story was originally published May 29, 2026 at 6:09 PM.

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