Colorado shifts vaccine authority to state as Trump administration revises childhood framework

August 12, 2026

As the Trump administration rolls out a revised childhood vaccine framework, Colorado’s law allowing the state to set its own immunization schedule has now taken effect.

Issued Monday, President Donald Trump’s executive order separates childhood and adolescent vaccines into three categories: those recommended for all children, certain high-risk groups and ā€œbased on shared clinical decision-making.ā€

The order also calls for administering the measles, mumps and rubella or MMR, vaccine in three separate doses and for administering all childhood vaccines at separate medical visits.

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