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.
US Health secretary Kennedy revives misleading claims of 'fetal debris' in measles shots
World 13:46 02/05/2025WASHINGTON - U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reprised various misleading claims about vaccines this week, including that the measles vaccine contains cells from aborted fetuses and the mumps vaccination does not work.
Toward making adult immunization a standard in healthcare
World 14:28 25/04/2025Global vaccination efforts have saved approximately 154 million lives – equivalent to six lives every minute – over the past five decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) cited a study published in The Lancet as saying.
Zero AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses left in Vietnam: NIHE
Vietnam News 18:51 08/05/2024The vaccine doses expired in July 2023
Vietnam confirms 114,144 new COVID-19 infections, including 13,323 in Hanoi
Vietnam News 18:29 01/03/2022Ha Giang Province reported 17,826 cases on Tuesday
Vietnam among countries to receive mRNA technology transfer from WHO global hub
Vietnam News 20:47 25/02/2022Five more countries including Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Serbia will receive support from the hub
