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

Mercury, the element, is no longer used in thermometers, but it remains at the center of a decades-long debate over vaccine ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Fact checked by Jennifer Klump An advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently voted ...

The mercury-based preservative thimerosal will be removed from all flu shots distributed in United States, Health and Human ...

The CDC says there is no evidence of harm from mercury-based thimerosal.

CDC advisory committee recommends thimerosal-free influenza vaccines for all adults and children, despite claims that the mercury-based preservative poses no health risks.

A CDC advisory panel vote to recommend against use of seasonal influenza vaccines containing small amounts of thimerosal ...