A federal vaccine panel recently reshaped by US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has voted to discourage the use of ...

The preservative is in a small share of flu shots and has been studied for decades. Experts say it’s safe — despite Kennedy’s long opposition.

The Trump administration’s new vaccine advisers endorsed this fall's flu vaccines late last week, but only those that don't ...

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

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

The preservative thimerosal has been removed from all but a few vaccines, and studies have confirmed no link to ...

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

A presentation scheduled for a CDC vaccine meeting claimed that a vaccine preservative could cause long-term brain effects, but the study it cited doesn’t appear to exist.

Health experts were shocked to see that thimerosal, a preservative that has largely been phased out of U.S. vaccines, was on ...

The World Health Organization said on Friday that thimerosal, a mercury-preservative used in some vaccines was not harmful, ...

A CDC advisory panel voted 5–1 to recommend only flu vaccines without the preservative thimerosal, a mercury-containing ...

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