A CDC advisory panel vote to recommend against use of seasonal influenza vaccines containing small amounts of thimerosal ...

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Thimerosal has been at the heart of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s antivaccine activism for 20 ...

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Several major medical organizations filed a lawsuit against the HHS and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday over what ...

The preservative thimerosal started Robert F. Kennedy Jr. down the path of questioning vaccine safety. A panel of experts he ...

"This is a very clear effort to shine a light on this anti-vaccine trope: that thimerosal is somehow dangerous.” ...

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against flu shots containing the ingredient thimerosal ...

The preservative is in a small share of flu shots and has been studied for decades. Experts say it’s safe — despite Kennedy’s long opposition.

The mercury-based preservative has come under fire from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and health secretary ...

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

A CDC advisory has recommended to ban the use of thimerosal in flu shots despite no evidence that it causes any harm.