News

Scientific American23h
What Is Thimerosal? Why Most Vaccines Don’t Contain Mercury Anymore
Thimerosal, which contains an organic compound of mercury, has mostly been phased out as a preservative for vaccines. Here’s ...
Al Jazeera on MSN4h
What is Thimerosal, vaccine preservative called ‘toxic’ by US health chief?
During the first meeting of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s recently downsized vaccine panel, the group voted to stop recommending flu vaccines containing thimerosal, a ...
What to Know About the Vaccine Preservative Thimerosal
It is rarely included in vaccines in the United States. The flu shot was the sole routinely recommended vaccine to include ...
What to know about thimerosal, a target of RFK Jr.’s new CDC vaccine advisers
The preservative thimerosal has been removed from all but a few vaccines, and studies have confirmed no link to ...
Everyday Health on MSN19h
What Is Thimerosal, the Vaccine Ingredient Currently Under Attack?
The mercury-based preservative has come under fire from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and health secretary ...
RFK Jr. appoints longtime anti-vaccine ally Lyn Redwood to HHS position
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has hired an anti-vaccine advocate and longtime ally to a position at the Health and ...
Unusual pushback, ‘dangerous precedent’: What the first meeting of Kennedy’s CDC advisers reveals about the future of vaccines in America
A startling new vision of vaccination in America is becoming clearer — one likely to involve fresh scrutiny of established ...
Kennedy’s vaccine panel met for the first time. Here’s what to know.
The meeting offered a glimpse into how the new Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will operate — and how federal vaccine policy is beginning to reflect Kennedy’s personal views.