President Trump signed an executive order reducing the CDC's childhood vaccine schedule from 18 to 11 diseases and splitting the MMR shot into three separate doses. The order shifts medical decision-making power from federal agencies to parents, emphasizing parental rights over government mandates. The administration cites a study finding the U.S. requires children to get more vaccines than any of its peer nations, with double the doses of some European countries. The plan calls for spacing out shots over five separate appointments and eliminating the birth-dose hepatitis B vaccine and new RSV jab.