- Sen. Bill Cassidy says he trusts newly sworn-in CDC director Erica Schwartz — a former Coast Guard health official — to defend science and resist President Trump’s push to change the childhood vaccine schedule.
- Trump’s executive order would cut the recommended childhood vaccines from 18 to 11 and split the MMR into three separate shots, sparking public-health concern and debate.
- Public-health advocates and lawmakers are watching closely — vaccine schedules are usually set by independent experts and an executive order doesn’t carry the force of law, but political pressure has already shaken CDC leadership.
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