Forbes January 3, 2026
Comparing United States vaccine policies to those of other wealthy nations without including an appropriate context isn’t especially informative. Yet, this is what President Trump and his team at the Department of Health and Human Services are doing in light of the presidential memorandum to reconsider the entire U.S. childhood vaccine schedule by reviewing “best practices” in peer countries.
The differences between childhood vaccine schedules in the U.S. and its peers are quite minor. Here, it’s important to account for some of these discrepancies by examining how the healthcare systems differ.
Changes in hepatitis B guidance highlight this. There is now more alignment with international childhood vaccine schedules with respect to this particular shot. But there are legitimate reasons why...
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