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Vaccines do not cause autism: WHO
AFP, Published on 12/12/2025
» GENEVA - 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.
Child vaccine coverage faltering, threatening millions: study
AFP, Published on 25/06/2025
» PARIS - Efforts to vaccinate children against deadly diseases are faltering across the world due to economic inequality, Covid-era disruptions and misinformation, putting millions of lives at risk, research warned Wednesday.
Second US child dies of measles, almost 650 ill: officials
AFP, Published on 07/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - A measles outbreak has killed a second child in the southwestern United States, authorities said Sunday, with almost 650 people now infected as the highly contagious disease spreads.
Legalising magic mushrooms under Trump? Psychedelic fans remain sceptical
AFP, Published on 18/03/2025
» COLORADO SPRINGS (UNITED STATES) — Dressed in a floral shawl, Benji Dezaval carefully places hallucinogenic mushrooms on the tongues of the faithful of his Colorado "psychedelic church," as if they were communion wafers.
Pope dismisses critical US bishop
AFP, Published on 11/11/2023
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Saturday dismissed US bishop Joseph Strickland, a prominent conservative who has repeatedly criticised his papacy, the Vatican announced.
First post-Covid jab claims land in German courts
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» FRANKFURT (GERMANY) - German courts will from Monday begin examining a series of claims over adverse effects suffered after coronavirus vaccinations, more than two years after one of the world's fastest and most extensive innoculation campaigns.
67 million children missed out on vaccines because of Covid: UNICEF
AFP, Published on 20/04/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Some 67 million children partially or fully missed routine vaccines globally between 2019 and 2021 because of lockdowns and health care disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations said Wednesday.
Climate disinfo surges in denial, conspiracy comeback
AFP, Published on 31/01/2023
» PARIS - False information about climate change flourished online over the past year, researchers say, with denialist social media posts and conspiracy theories surging after US environmental reforms and Elon Musk's Twitter takeover.
China's Xi says 'light of hope in front of us' on Covid
AFP, Published on 31/12/2022
» BEIJING - President Xi Jinping said Saturday the "light of hope is right in front of us" as China faces an explosion of Covid-19 cases after an abrupt lifting of restrictions.
Beijing crematoriums strain under Covid wave
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» BEIJING: Workers at Beijing crematoriums said Friday they are overwhelmed as China faces a surge in Covid cases that authorities warn could hit its underdeveloped rural hinterland during upcoming public holidays.