What is thimerosal, does it have side effects and why is RFK Jr. removing the controversial preservative from the flu shot?

The Department of Health and Human Services moved to eliminate thimerosal from flu shots in a victory for antivaccine ...

Federal guidelines no longer recommend flu vaccines containing a preservative, used in a small percentage of vaccines, that ...

The decision follows last month’s vote of the CDC’s revamped vaccine advisory committee. Thimerosal, mostly removed from ...

The federal government is recommending flu vaccines remove the preservative thimerosal after Health and Human Services ...

Thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, has been incorrectly linked to the development of autism by antivaccine groups.

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 ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has signed off on a recommendation to remove thimerosal from all ...

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

HHS announced on Wednesday that it has adopted a recommendation from a CDC committee to remove thimerosal from all influenza vaccines.

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

Thimerosal was removed from most childhood vaccines in 2001, even though there was no evidence showing it caused harm to vaccine recipients, Fiscus says. Concerns that vaccines cause autism originated ...