The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that all healthy people ages 6 months and older be vaccinated against ...

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

US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed off on the recommendation from an expert panel that recommended removing the mercury-based preservative from all influenza ...

The mercury-based ingredient has prompted concerns from some organizations, although the CDC has said there is no evidence it ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services has adopted a recommendation to remove a preservative called thimerosal from ...

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

Doctors and infectious disease experts stress that flu vaccines are safe, and they are especially important for older adults ...

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

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 ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. formally accepted recommendations that would require all vaccine manufacturers to ...

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

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