Vaccines do not cause autism: WHO expert group |
WHO expert group has ruled out any link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) on the basis of careful analysis of 31 research studies, from multiple countries. This has come a month after CDC updated its vaccine-autism guidance saying there could be a link between vaccines and autism.
The new analysis done by WHO global expert committee on vaccine safety found no casual link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders, reaffirming WHO’s long-standing position that childhood vaccines do not cause autism.
The latest assessment has been done by Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS), an expert body established in 1999 to offer independent, authoritative scientific advice to the World Health Organization on vaccine safety priorities worldwide. The Committee convened on 27 November 2025 to review the most up-to-date research on vaccines, thiomersal, aluminium adjuvants, and autism.
The committee studied 31 primary research studies published between January 2010 and August 2025, which........