{"id":327032,"date":"2026-08-21T22:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T22:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327032\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T22:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T22:56:10","slug":"trump-wants-to-change-childhood-vaccines-what-it-means-for-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327032\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump wants to change childhood vaccines: What it means for NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) &#8212; What should New York City parents make of President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a data-ylk=\"slk:new push on vaccines?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/back-to-school-vaccination-requirements-in-nyc\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">new push on vaccines?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin joins PIX on Politics with Dan Mannarino to respond to <a data-ylk=\"slk:Trump&#039;s executive order;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/ap-science\/ap-us-school-vaccination-rates-inch-down-yet-again-and-exemptions-reach-record-high\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Trump&#8217;s executive order<\/a> demanding changes to the childhood vaccine schedule recommended by health experts, which emphasizes more time in between shots and even splitting the MMR vaccine into three separate shots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:More News: PIX on Politics;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/politics\/pixonpolitics\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0More News: PIX on Politics\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The commissioner said there is no scientific reason for the shots to not all be given in one visit, and <a data-ylk=\"slk:nothing will be changing in New York City;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/new-york-state-not-changing-vaccine-recommendations-amid-white-house-executive-order\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">nothing will be changing in New York City<\/a>. Dr. Martin also points out that there isn&#8217;t even a product to make this happen, saying it would take a decade to have enough vaccines for individual mumps, measles, and rubella shots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Students will continue on the same vaccine schedule to attend city schools, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When it comes to other health changes by the federal government, specifically changes to Medicaid, Dr. Martin says New Yorkers will never miss out on healthcare that is needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watch the video player for the full interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to PIX11.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) &#8212; What should New York City parents make of President Donald Trump&#8217;s new push&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64364,3204,153,123056,9,56,63,65,64,123057,27254],"class_list":["post-327032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-alister-martin","tag-dan-mannarino","tag-donald-trump","tag-dr-martin","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-vaccine-schedule","tag-vaccines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}