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CDC Staff ‘Blindsided’ as Child Vaccine Schedule Unilaterally Overhauled

The Trump administration took unprecedented steps to recommend fewer vaccines for children without extensive consultations with career scientists.

by Washington Post | January 7, 2026
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David Higgins, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, said that HHS failed “to model or even consider the preventable harm that would result from lower vaccination coverage.”