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What Is Thimerosal? Why Most Vaccines Don’t Contain Mercury Anymore
Thimerosal, which contains an organic compound of mercury, has mostly been phased out as a preservative for vaccines. Here’s ...
Is There Thimerosal in Vaccines, And Is It Safe? Here's What The Science Says
An expert committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines is meeting for the first time ...
What to Know About the Vaccine Preservative Thimerosal
It is rarely included in vaccines in the United States. The flu shot was the sole routinely recommended vaccine to include ...
New CDC vaccine advisers endorse thimerosal-free flu vaccines, despite no evidence of harm from the preservative
A new slate of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday to recommend that ...
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.
Thimerosal: What to know about the vaccine preservative from a bygone flu-shot debate
The Trump administration's vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: Whether it's time to wipe out the last ...
Is Thimerosal in Flu Shots Safe? Experts Discuss CDC Vaccine Decision
A CDC advisory panel voted 5–1 to recommend only flu vaccines without the preservative thimerosal, a mercury-containing ...
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ACIP's Thimerosal Vote: The Committee Has Lost Its Value to Medicine
Thimerosal, an ethyl-mercury based preservative, has been employed since the 1930s to keep multi-dose vials of vaccines safe ...