Thimerosal, which contains an organic compound of mercury, has mostly been phased out as a preservative for vaccines. Here’s ...

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

It is rarely included in vaccines in the United States. The flu shot was the sole routinely recommended vaccine to include ...

The preservative is in only a small fraction of influenza vaccine vials, specifically the multi-dose vials that constitute a ...

The CDC's newly rebuilt Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) took aim Thursday at a mercury-based preservative ...

The Trump administration’s vaccine advisers took up an old flu-shot debate: whether it’s time to wipe out the last small ...

An expert committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines is meeting for the first time ...

A new slate of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday to recommend that ...

Thimerosal has long been considered safe by health agencies worldwide, with its use already limited to a few multi-dose flu ...

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

Thimerosal is an ingredient that helps keep vaccines pathogen free. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), made up of members recently hand-selected by Health and Human ...