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 ...

Banning vaccine ingredients without cause increases the perceived risk of vaccines,” one prominent health group said.

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

The United States will stop distributing all influenza vaccines that contain mercury-based preservative thimerosal, marking ...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has approved a major Centers for Disease Control & Prevention ...

The mercury-based preservative thimerosal will be removed from all flu shots distributed in United States, Health and Human ...

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 ...

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

Following a recommendation from a panel of CDC advisors, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday ordered that the ...