Geneva [Switzerland], December 12: The World Health Organization (WHO) has firmly rejected assertions from the US government suggesting a possible link between vaccines and autism.
The WHO's Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety said in a report on Thursday that it had reviewed all relevant studies from recent years and reached a clear conclusion.
"Vaccines do not cause autism," summarized WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva. "Vaccines are among the most powerful and transformative inventions in the history of humankind."
The statement follows controversy in the United States after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under the direction of health secretary and vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr, recently posted language on its website that raised doubts about vaccines and autism. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune
