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Sam's News — health — 2026-08-11

Health

8 The president of the United States considers splitting MMR vaccine into separate shots

The president of the United States signed an executive order on August 10, 2026, calling for the MMR vaccine to be split into separate shots and childhood vaccines spaced further apart, despite medical experts warning that splitting MMR increases risk of missed doses and leaves children unprotected.

  • Executive order calls for MMR vaccine split into three separate shots
  • Also directs spacing out childhood vaccines more broadly and narrowing recommendations
  • MMR vaccine in use since 1971 combining three shots into one injection
  • Order directs states to revise vaccine rules
  • Medical experts warn splitting increases risk of missed doses and unprotected children

Sources: STAT News AI Web Searched, The Washington Post AI Web Searched, Medical Economics AI Web Searched

6 FDA rejects radiopharmaceutical therapy due to manufacturing issues

The FDA rejected ITM Isotope Technologies' radiopharmaceutical therapy ITM-11 due to manufacturing and facility-related deficiencies, though the agency found no clinical safety or efficacy concerns after the drug demonstrated superiority over Novartis' everolimus in Phase 3 trials.

  • FDA rejected ITM-11 (177Lu-edotreotide) for treating GEP-NET cancers
  • Rejection cited chemistry, manufacturing, controls deficiencies and third-party facility issues
  • FDA found no clinical safety/efficacy concerns; ITM-11 showed Phase 3 superiority vs. everolimus
  • ITM Isotope plans resubmission after addressing manufacturing concerns

Sources: STAT News AI Web Searched, BioSpace AI Web Searched, MM+M AI Web Searched