Vietnam to offer free HPV vaccination to 11-year-old girls starting 2026
Vietnam News 11:05 22/12/2025Vietnam will begin providing free HPV vaccinations to 11-year-old girls nationwide from 2026, health authorities said, marking a major step to prevent cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases through the national expanded program on immunization.
Vaccines do not cause autism: WHO
World 15:40 12/12/2025A new analysis by the World Health Organization reaffirmed there is no link between vaccines and autism -- contrary to theories being propagated in the United States.
Vietnam introduces dual model of mandatory, voluntary vaccination
Vietnam News 13:31 12/12/2025The newly-passed Disease Prevention Law introduces two forms of vaccination in Vietnam, mandatory and voluntary.
Kennedy vaccine advisers 'turned back the clock,' experts say
World 12:25 08/12/2025LOS ANGELES - U.S. vaccine advisers' decision to scrap longstanding guidance on hepatitis B shots will expose more children to the harmful virus and may signal how other evidence-based vaccine policies can be undermined, doctors and disease experts said.
Many older adults underestimate severity of RSV despite high risks: survey
World 11:30 16/11/2025More than 40 percent of adults aged 50 and older with certain chronic health conditions underestimate their personal risk of severe illness from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, even as the virus causes millions of infections each year, according to a global survey released during RSV Awareness Week.
WHO sees no autism links to Tylenol, vaccines
World 16:29 24/09/2025GENEVA -- Neither the painkiller Tylenol nor vaccines have been shown to cause autism, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, following comments from the US president and his administration to the contrary.
US CDC taps vaccine skeptic to lead COVID committee
World 11:17 26/08/2025The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has chosen Retsef Levi, a member of its key vaccine panel, to lead its COVID-19 immunization workgroup, a spokesperson for the health department told Reuters on Monday.
Japan to provide $550mn to 'Gavi' vaccine alliance
World 14:14 20/08/2025TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has told Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates that Japan will donate $550 million over five years to 'Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance,' which promotes immunization in developing countries.
US axes mRNA vaccine contracts, casting safety doubts
World 16:06 06/08/2025President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday announced it would terminate 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines, questioning the safety of a technology credited with helping end the COVID pandemic and saving millions of lives.
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.
US Health Secretary Kennedy guts vaccine advisory committee
World 12:08 10/06/2025Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired all 17 members of a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel of vaccine experts and is in the process of replacing them, his department said on Monday, drawing protest from many vaccine scientists.
Adult vaccination: A sustainable approach in era of population aging in Vietnam
Vietnam News 15:38 19/05/2025The University Medical Center in Ho Chi Minh City, in collaboration with the municipal Department of Health and GSK Vietnam, recently organized a seminar titled ‘Vaccination for Adults in the Era of Population Aging,’ where experts gathered to discuss improving the management of non-communicable diseases, the role of vaccination, and the integration of vaccination into chronic disease care models.
