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

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

Flu shots that have more than one dose of vaccine contain thimerosal; other versions don’t have it. HHS said Wednesday that ...

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

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

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

Although it has been largely phased out of U.S. vaccines, thimerosal has long been targeted by anti-vaccine advocates.

The federal government is recommending flu vaccines remove the preservative thimerosal after Health and Human Services ...

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

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 ...