The biggest obstacles to President Donald Trump’s order on vaccines may be the logistical challenges it poses for parents, health providers and drugmakers in the United States. His new plan calls for separating childhood vaccinations delivered to millions of American children. But accomplishing that would require vaccine-makers to revive individual shots that have not been extensively marketed in the U.S. for decades. The vaccine-makers would also have to build new manufacturing plants capable of producing millions of extra doses. Health experts say vaccination rates are likely to fall because parents will need to take children to many more appointments.

Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province after a death in Bas-Uele, according to Africa's CDC. The outbreak, driven by the rare Bundibugyo virus, has killed over 2,100 people out of more than 4,500 cases. The World Health Organization says it's on track to surpass the deadliest outbreak in history. Health workers in Ituri province went on strike due to unpaid salaries, hampering response efforts. Clinical trials for treatments and vaccines are underway, but the outbreak's scope remains unknown. The WHO plans to test existing vaccines for potential cross-protection against the virus.

Doctors worry that President Donald Trump’s new executive order on vaccines will stoke fear and confusion among parents at a time when measles is raging, immunization rates are falling and children are heading back to school. The order advocates separating the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three different single-disease shots and giving all childhood immunizations at separate appointments when possible. It also includes several changes to the childhood vaccine schedule already attempted by Trump’s health department, which have been blocked by a federal judge. Doctors say the recommendations are not based on science and worry they will worsen vaccine hesitancy and endanger kids.

Congo's Ebola outbreak has claimed at least 2,000 lives, making it the fastest-growing on record. Government data shows 4,381 confirmed cases, with 2,011 deaths. Health authorities struggle to reach remote areas due to rebel conflict, bad roads, and work stoppages over payment issues. The outbreak, declared on May 15, likely began months earlier. It's the second-largest in history, behind the 2014-2016 West Africa outbreak. The Bundibugyo virus responsible has no approved vaccines or treatments. Clinical trials have begun in Ituri province. Aid workers say the outbreak outpaces response efforts, with many health workers on strike.

A defense lawyer for the Massachusetts mother who killed her three young children is questioning her psychiatrist's expertise, prescribing decisions and overall treatment. In court Monday, Lindsay Clancy's attorney sought to suggest the mental healthcare system had failed his client in the months before the killings in 2023. He criticized the psychiatrist for using brief video appointments and prescribing various medications despite Clancy's concerns. Clancy has pleaded not guilty to murder charges, saying she heard voices telling her to harm her children. Prosecutors argue she is an intentional killer. Clancy's attorneys say she sought help for bipolar disorder and postpregnancy psychosis but her condition worsened. If convicted, she faces life in prison without parole.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines into separate medical visits and splitting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three different shots. Trump has long suspected that the number or timing of vaccines could play a role in autism spectrum disorder, even as scientific consensus and decades of studies have firmly concluded there is no link. Childhood vaccines, and how and when to give them, go through rigorous studies and safety tracking continues for years as the shots are used.