CDC advisory committee recommends thimerosal-free influenza vaccines for all adults and children, despite claims that the ...

Infectious disease specialist Monica Gandhi, MD examines recent claims about the safety of thimerosal, a preservative used in ...

Shares of GSK rose on Thursday after the company announced it had begun shipping its seasonal flu vaccines, Fluarix and ...

Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to effectively remove an ingredient from flu shots ... The vote to no longer recommend influenza vaccines that contain the preservative thimerosal, based on the presentation ...

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against flu shots containing the ingredient thimerosal ...

It would be limited. In the most recent flu season, 94 percent of all influenza vaccines administered in the U.S. were thimerosal free, according to the CDC. The rate was even higher for shots ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), made up of members recently hand-selected by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted 5-1 on Thursday to recommend ...

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?

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