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WHO chief warns Trump's vaccine policy changes lack scientific basis

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The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has expressed concern over a proposed overhaul of vaccine policies by Donald Trump. Ghebreyesus stated that the changes, which include re-evaluating school vaccine mandates and separating the MMR vaccine into individual shots, are not supported by scientific evidence. He emphasized that vaccination policies should be based on science rather than political influence, and reiterated that vaccines, including the MMR vaccine, are safe and do not cause autism. AI

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WHO chief warns Trump's vaccine policy changes lack scientific basis

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Agence France-Presse ·

    WHO chief warns Trump’s vaccine policy overhaul is against ‘decades of evidence’

    The World Health Organization warned on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s bid to overhaul child vaccination in the United States went against “decades of evidence”. Trump signed an order on Monday pushing for a rethink of school vaccine mandates and repeating calls for the …

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