Geneva, May 1, 2025 (AFP) - WHO defends vaccine safety test standards

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2025-05-01

The World Health Organization on Thursday said that "extremely high" safety standards are already applied in the development of vaccines, after reports about US plans for a change to testing. "We are confident in the assessments that go on around vaccines," WHO vaccine chief Kate O'Brien told journalists in Geneva. "The safety of vaccines is held to an extremely high standard." O'Brien was asked about a Washington Post report Thursday indicating......

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