What specific policy change did the Trump administration introduce this week to reduce childhood vaccinations, and how does it differ from earlier efforts?

This week, the Trump administration signed an executive order that shifts strategy from targeting the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to directing the 'whole of government' to recognize a 'diminished vaccination schedule' offering protection against fewer pathogens; it also mandates federal agencies to support medical and religious exemptions and empowers an HHS committee to develop new vaccine adjuvants and separate combination vaccines into single-disease shots—marking a departure from earlier ACIP-focused efforts that stalled in court.

Why did the administration's prior efforts to reduce childhood vaccinations stall, and what legal or institutional actors challenged them?

Earlier efforts to reduce routine childhood vaccinations stalled in court following challenges from states and physician groups, as stated explicitly in the news body.

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