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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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.

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 ...