MMR vaccine skeptics eye big win under Trump

Published October 15, 2025 5:00am ET



Vaccine skeptics are one step closer to their long-term goal of having separate vaccines for measles, mumps, and rubella, with support from the Trump administration, even as they face pushback from the pharmaceutical industry and medical establishment.

President Donald Trump and Deputy Health Secretary Jim O’Neill shocked the medical community earlier this month by calling for vaccine makers to produce three new separate vaccines instead of the currently approved MMR shot that combines all three.

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