Even as Texas grapples with a measles outbreak that has already left one child dead, the childhood vaccination schedule is coming under new scrutiny by the Trump administration. The recommended list of immunizations starting at birth protects kids against more than a dozen deadly diseases from measles to whooping cough.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a known vaccine skeptic, included vaccines on his list of things to investigate to see if they have contributed to chronic diseases. And the future of the federal system for weighing the risks and benefits of vaccines in order to make recommendations is in limbo.
Yet health experts overwhelmingly credit