US EditionWHO Reaffirms No Link Between Vaccines and Autism
The WHO committee reviewed 31 studies, including a large Danish one, confirming vaccines with thiomersal or aluminium do not cause autism, with 20 studies showing no link.
- On Thursday, the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety reaffirmed that vaccines, including those with thiomersal and aluminium, do not cause autism spectrum disorder.
- Meeting on 27 November, the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety reviewed 31 major research studies from multiple countries, examining vaccines broadly and specifically those containing thiomersal.
- Twenty out of 31 studies found no evidence of an association between vaccines and autism, while eleven studies judged to have major methodological flaws showed possible links.
- WHO urged governments to keep vaccine policies rooted in science, noting global childhood immunisation has saved at least 154 million lives.
- Following WHO's 24 September statement, last month U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he instructed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to change its vaccine-autism stance amid renewed U.S. debate.
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WHO Reaffirms That 'Childhood Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism' After Reviewing Latest Research
The organization reviewed data from 2010 to August 2025 and said "vaccines, including those with thiomersal or aluminium or both, do not cause autism” Getty Stock image of an infant getting a vaccine.NEED TO KNOWThe World Health Organization has reaffirmed that "childhood vaccines do not cause autism"The WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) examined 15 years of medical research for its latest review on vaccine safetyThe GACVS …
The publication of this analysis comes as the main health agency in the United States now relays the false theory.
Vaccines do not cause autism: WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland — A 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. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last month revised its website with language that undermines its previous, scientifically-grounded position that immunisations do not cause the developmental disorder autism. Years of research demonstrate …
Contrary to what the theory now relayed by the main health agency of the United States affirms, there is no link between vaccines and autism, according to a new analysis by the World Health Organization.
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