Thimerosal is a mercury-based preservative that prevents bacteria and fungal growth in multi-dose influenza vaccine vials. Thimerosal was removed from most vaccines, including all childhood vaccines, ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which guides federal vaccine recommendations, voted against recommending flu shots that include the preservative thimerosal. Thimerosal has been used ...

Federal vaccine advisers installed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to stop recommending influenza vaccines containing thimerosal, a preservative that has ...

It’s a question laid to rest years ago, as studies showed no evidence that the preservative causes any health problems.

During the first meeting of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recently downsized vaccine panel, the group voted to stop recommending flu vaccines containing thimerosal, a ...

There's a newly appointed panel of experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), freshly chosen by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Called the Advisory Committee on ...

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is set to vote later this week on the issue of thimerosal in flu vaccines. All eight members of the committee, many of whom have spoken out ...

The Trump administration’s vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: whether it’s time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative ...