CDC advisory committee recommends thimerosal-free influenza vaccines for all adults and children, despite claims that the mercury-based preservative poses no health risks.

Fact checked by Jennifer Klump An advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently voted ...

Failure to recognize and resolve problems in an honest and evidence-based manner is the root cause of increasing vaccine ...

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

Thimerosal is an organomercury preservative used in vaccines and other biological products, distinguished by its rapid ...

A former leader of the anti-vaccine group Children’s Health Defense will present this week on thimerosal in flu vaccines at a ...

America’s vaccine advisory committee is now taking seriously a baseless anti-vaccine flash point.

The advisory board ended a nearly 30-year crusade to remove the neurotoxin thimerosal from vaccines, which many have theorized links to issues like autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other ...

The federal government could soon recommend that people only receive flu shots made without an ingredient called thimerosal. The preservative has been absent from the majority of flu vaccines for ...

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.

Infectious disease specialist Monica Gandhi, MD examines recent claims about the safety of thimerosal, a preservative used in ...

The mercury contained in some vaccines is processed differently in the body and is possibly less toxic to children than mercury found in pollution and fish, U.S. researchers reported.