Donald Trump’s wrecking-ball style of politics has been causing chaos in healthcare, just as in other areas of domestic and foreign policy.

In his second term, Trump has appointed several anti-vaxx officials such as Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr , drawing howls of outrage from doctors who say he is endangering child health.

But while some of RFK’s positions on vaccines are indeed calamitous, like backing untrue claims that they cause autism, the administration does appear to have one controversial policy right. That is overturning vaccine mandates, the US laws that say children must have a range of vaccines in order to attend school.

The growing debate about this move, which looks set to be the next battleground in the vaccine wars , also has implications for health policie

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