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

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

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

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against flu shots containing the ingredient thimerosal. Why is the additive, safely used since the 1930s, being questioned again?

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 ...

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

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

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

Is there a real link between thimerosal in vaccines and autism? Here's what Indian parents should know about mercury-based ...

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

Fact checked by Jennifer Klump The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has adopted a recommendation to remove thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, from all influenza vaccines in the ...

Thimerosal, which contains about 50% mercury by weight, is one of the most widely used preservatives in vaccines. Every time a drug vial is pierced, it is susceptible to bacterial and fungal ...