A top U.S. health official today called for the combined measles-mumps-rubella shot to be broken up, drawing a quick rebuke from vaccine maker Merck, which said there is no scientific evidence that shows any benefit to doing so.
The CDC earlier today pulled broad support for COVID-19 shots, saying they should be administered through shared decision-making with a healthcare provider in accordance with recommendations from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine advisory panel.
The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Jim O’Neill, in an X post today called on vaccine manufacturers to develop three separate vaccines to replace the combined MMR inoculation.
In a September 23 news conference at the White House, President Donald Trump deliver