
US ends use of flu shots with thimerosal in latest move by health secretary Kennedy
World 12:26 24/07/2025The United States will stop distributing all influenza vaccines that contain mercury-based preservative thimerosal, marking the latest move by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reshape vaccine policy.

Still early to view COVID-19 as seasonal flu: Ho Chi Minh City health official
Vietnam News 16:45 15/02/2022'We have yet to fully understand the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic'

Hong Kong reports fifth H7N9 bird flu case
World 22:00 12/02/2014A 65-year-old man who had underlying medical conditions was hospitalised Tuesday after developing a fever and a cough and was in critical condition, the health department said in a statement late Wednesday.