HHS Sends Shockwaves Across the Medical Industrial Complex with New Vaccine Schedule [WATCH]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a major shift in federal health policy, saying it will recommend fewer vaccines for most American children, according to statements made during a live broadcast by Scott Jennings and HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill.

Jennings broke the news during his program, describing the announcement as it unfolded in real time.

“Scott Jennings is with you, and we begin this hour with breaking news, literal breaking news as we speak, the US, Department of Health and Human Services is announcing that it will recommend fewer vaccines for most American children,” Jennings said.

“This is breaking right now, the literal first interview on this topic is also happening right now on the Scott Jennings show.”

Jennings introduced O’Neill as the official who led the scientific review behind the decision.

“The man who did the scientific work on this is with us. The Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services joins us this hour.

Jim O’Neill is here,” Jennings said.

“Deputy Secretary O’Neill welcome into the Scott Jennings show here at the moment of breaking news, what can you tell us about this announcement coming out from HHS right now about the childhood vaccine schedule?”

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O’Neill said the decision followed growing concerns over the expansion of the childhood vaccination schedule over the past several decades.

“Scott, thank you so much for having me. It’s an honor to be on your show and pleasure,” O’Neill said.

“So you know many people have noticed that the United States has recommended more and more vaccines for children every year.”

O’Neill detailed how federal recommendations have increased substantially since 1980.

“They’ve gone from 23 doses for seven diseases in 1980 to more than 80 doses for 18 diseases,” he said.

“Now that’s a huge number of vaccines.”

According to O’Neill, the growing number of recommended doses has raised concerns among parents about safety and necessity.

“Many parents are concerned that they’re injecting their young, innocent children with a lot of medicines,” O’Neill said.

“They’re not sure about the risks and benefits of all these and many people have been asking questions.”

O’Neill said the department has been reviewing the issue throughout the year, including a formal evaluation by federal advisory bodies.

“We’ve been looking at this all year,” he said.

“We’ve had the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices do deep considerations of the safety record for certain vaccines.”

He added that the review expanded following a directive from the President to examine how U.S. vaccine recommendations compare internationally.

“And the President last month, asked me to consider what other countries are doing,” O’Neill said.

“He noticed that some other very developed countries recommend fewer vaccines for a lot of their children, and it seemed worth talking to them and seeing what their logic was.”

O’Neill said he consulted directly with foreign governments and U.S. health agencies as part of the review.

“So I had the pleasure of having good conversations with health ministries, my counterparts in Germany and Denmark and Japan,” he said.

“Also talked with our career vaccine scientists at FDA and CDC.”

Those discussions resulted in a formal recommendation to align U.S. policy with international standards.

“And a lot of our scientists wrote a long formal assessment recommending that we converge United States recommendations on the consensus recommendation vaccines of other countries,” O’Neill said.

He confirmed that the policy shift is now official.

“And I just signed a decision memo today doing that,” O’Neill said.

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— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) January 5, 2026