A top U.S. health official on Monday 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 U.S. CDC earlier on Monday 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 on Monday, called on vaccine manufacturers to develop three separate vaccines to replace the combined MMR inoculation. 5
In a September 23 news conference at the White House,