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US ends use of flu shots with thimerosal in latest move by health secretary Kennedy
The United States will stop distributing all influenza vaccines that contain mercury-based preservative thimerosal, marking ...
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Will New Vaccine Recommendations Affect Your Fall Flu Shot?
Doctors and infectious disease experts stress that flu vaccines are safe, and they are especially important for older adults ...
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HHS To Remove Little-Used Thimerosal From All Influenza Vaccines
The decision follows last month’s vote of the CDC’s revamped vaccine advisory committee. Thimerosal, mostly removed from ...
Kennedy accepts vaccine panel's recommendation to remove thimerosal from US flu shots
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday accepted the recommendation of a panel of experts to remove ...
Controversial flu shot ingredient to be removed: See the change
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has approved a major Centers for Disease Control & Prevention ...
HHS panel urges thimerosal-free flu vaccines this fall
The new vaccine advisory panel led by Health Secretary RFK Jr. nodded to the administration of flu vaccines, emphasizing the ...
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Why is thimerosal back on the CDC's agenda when it's barely in flu shots anymore?
Thimerosal is an ingredient that helps keep vaccines pathogen free. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, has falsely stated the ingredient is a ...
U.S. to Remove Mercury Preservative From Flu Jabs
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed off on the recommendation from an expert panel ...