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

The panel recommends that most Americans get the vaccine, but it can not contain Thimerosal. Melania Trump's visa questioned in congressional hearing Peta claims Prince William and Kate are ...

Hand‑picked CDC panel endorses flu shots for all but recommends avoiding thimerosal vials—a win for skeptics that may affect cost and trust.

The effective removal of thimerosal from influenza vaccines would have limited impact, but it illustrates how the anti-vaccine movement is achieving its goals.

A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) vaccine panel is recommending a fall flu vaccine, but one that doesn’t contain a key preservative. It’s a move that has some doctors scratching their heads ...

The newly appointed vaccine advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) met Wednesday for the first time to review upcoming immunization recommendations.

CDC vaccine advisory committee recommends against flu vaccines containing thimerosal Opponents worry the decision will reduce access and fuel skepticism.

Taking aim at a longtime target of anti-vaccine activists, CDC advisors said Thursday that the U.S. should not administer influenza vaccines containing thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative ...

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel, recently restructured by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has recommended that flu vaccines containing the ...

Fiona Havers, who oversaw CDC respiratory virus data, told colleagues she no longer had confidence the data would be used objectively to set vaccine policy.

How RFK Jr.'s removal of CDC vaccine advisory committee members could impact public health Career officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responsible for overseeing the agency ...