President Donald Trump signed a memo on Dec. 5 seeking to align U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations with best practices in “developed countries,” where children receive fewer vaccines than in the United States.
In his memo, Trump stated that when he started his second term in January, the U.S. recommended immunizing children against 18 diseases, including COVID-19, which is higher than those recommended in Denmark (10), Japan (14), and Germany (15).
