
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Vaccines and vaccine safety
Oct 8, 2024 · While COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective against serious disease and death, no vaccine is 100% effective. Vaccinated people can get infected and may fall ill with COVID-19. …
COVID-19 vaccines - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO’s COVID-19 dashboard also features the number of vaccine doses administered globally, with more detail provided on the dedicated COVID-19 vaccination dashboard. At a regional …
Vaccines and immunization - World Health Organization (WHO)
Mar 28, 2025 · When you get a vaccine, your immune system responds. We now have vaccines to prevent more than 20 life-threatening diseases, helping people of all ages live longer, …
How do vaccines work? - World Health Organization (WHO)
Feb 25, 2025 · Before the measles vaccine was introduced in 1963, major epidemics occurred every few years, causing an estimated 2.6 million deaths annually, mostly among young …
Recommendations announced for influenza vaccine composition …
Feb 28, 2025 · The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the recommendations for the viral composition of influenza vaccines for the 2025–2026 influenza season in the northern …
Vaccines and immunization: Dengue - World Health Organization …
Apr 10, 2025 · TAK-003 is a live-attenuated vaccine containing weakened versions of dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4 developed by Takeda. TAK-003 uses the DENV2 strain as the …
Vaccines and immunization: Vaccine safety - World Health …
Mar 26, 2025 · Vaccination is one of the best ways to prevent diseases. Over the past 50 years, essential vaccines saved at least 154 million lives (1). During the same period, vaccination has …
What's in a vaccine? - World Health Organization (WHO)
Live-attenuated vaccine. A live-attenuated vaccine uses a living but weakened version of the virus or one that’s very similar. The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and the …
COVID-19 Vaccines Advice - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 8, 2024 · Unprecedented scientific collaborations, extensive prior research and substantial public funding enabled swift COVID-19 vaccine development to be completed in record time – …
Vaccine efficacy, effectiveness and protection
Mar 10, 2025 · Vaccine efficacy tells us how much the vaccine lowers the risk of the outcome (e.g., getting sick) in a trial setting. For example, if a vaccine has an efficacy rate of 80%, it …