Experts are pushing back after President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for major changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, including reducing the number of routinely recommended vaccines and separating the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into individual shots.
Medical groups say spacing out or splitting vaccines offers no demonstrated safety benefit and could leave children unprotected for longer. The debate has direct implications for Nebraska, where state health officials continue to recommend the two-dose MMR vaccine as the best protection against measles.
Nebraska has recorded measles cases in both 2025 and 2026, part of a national resurgence that has produced thousands of cases.
